Novell SUSE ISC BIND Named LibGSSAPI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:26076

Info

Novell SUSE ISC BIND Named LibGSSAPI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26076
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5471
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 15 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 26 2007 09:26PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.SP1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Novell SUSE ISC BIND Named LibGSSAPI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability becuase it fails to adequately handle certain GSS-TSIG requests that require the 'libgssapi' library.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.

Versions prior to 'libgssapi' 0.6-13.17 as found in Enterprise Server 10 SP1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Novell SUSE ISC BIND Named LibGSSAPI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue with readily available DNS update mechanisms.

Solution / Fix

Novell SUSE ISC BIND Named LibGSSAPI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released 'libgssapi' 0.6-13.7 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.SP1

References

Novell SUSE ISC BIND Named LibGSSAPI Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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