4885 : MIT Kerberos 5 GSSFTP FTP Command Restriction Issue
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2000-06-14

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
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	Kerberos 5	5.0 -1.1
		5.0 -1.1.1
		5.0 -1.2beta1
		5.0 -1.2beta2

References

Bugtraq ID: 1374
CVE ID: 2000-0514 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 4734
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0129.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/ftp.txt
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/ftpd_111_patch.txt
Vendor URL: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/index.html
Keyword: krb5

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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