Kerberos 4 Valid Username and Realm Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:2351

Info

Kerberos 4 Valid Username and Realm Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2351
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 22 1996 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 22 1996 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by mudge of the L0pht (now @stake) and published in an advisory on Nov 22, 1996.
Vulnerable: MIT Kerberos 4 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Exploit / POC

Kerberos 4 Valid Username and Realm Disclosure Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Kerberos 4 Valid Username and Realm Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Kerberos 4 is obsoleted by Kerberos 5. Kerberos 5 is not vulnerable to this type of attack. Kerberos 5 running in backwards-compatability mode is also not vulnerable. Users are advised to upgrade to Kerberos 5.

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Kerberos 4 Valid Username and Realm Disclosure Vulnerability

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