Sun Solaris Kerberos Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	32793
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-5690
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Dec 11 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 29 2008 04:12PM
Credit:	Sun
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 9_x86 Sun Solaris 9_sparc Sun Solaris 9 Sun Solaris 8_x86 Sun Solaris 8_sparc Sun Solaris 10_x86 Sun Solaris 10_sparc Sun Solaris 10 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_96 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_95 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_92 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_91 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_90 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_89 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_88 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_87 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_85 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_80 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_68 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_67 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_64 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_59 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_57 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_50 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_39 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_36 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_22 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_19 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_13 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_104 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_103 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_102 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_100 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_02 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_01 Sun OpenSolaris 0 Avaya CMS Server 13.0 Avaya CMS Server 14.1 Avaya CMS Server 14.0 Avaya CMS Server 13.1
Not Vulnerable:

Sun Solaris Kerberos Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris Kerberos is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to validate user-supplied data.

An attacker may exploit this issue to prevent legitimate users from authenticating to Kerberos servers.

Sun Solaris Kerberos Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use readily available tools to exploit this vulnerability.

Sun Solaris Kerberos Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

Sun Solaris Kerberos Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Sun Solaris Homepage (Sun Microsystems)
  
• 244866 - A Security Vulnerability in the Management of Solaris Kerberos (see ker (Sun Microsystems)
  
• ASA-2008-515 - A Security Vulnerability in the Management of Solaris Kerberos (s (Avaya)