4885 : MIT Kerberos 5 GSSFTP FTP Command Restriction Issue
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5 months ago

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Disclosure

Jun 14, 2000

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

MIT Kerberos GSSFTP contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when GSSFTP fails to check user credentials while executing specific FTP commands, and will result in loss of availability for the system. If the user is allready authenticated with a local account, the same flaw could be exploited in order to obtain administrative (root) privileges on the system.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, MIT has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

MIT
Watch-list
Kerberos 5
Watch-list
5.0 -1.1.1
5.0 -1.1
5.0 -1.2beta1
5.0 -1.2beta2

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