MITKRB5-SA-2004-004: heap overflow in libkadm5srv
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MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2004-004
Original release: 2004-12-20
Topic: heap buffer overflow in libkadm5srv
Severity: serious
SUMMARY
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The MIT Kerberos 5 administration library (libkadm5srv) contains a
heap buffer overflow in password history handling code which could be
exploited to execute arbitrary code on a Key Distribution Center (KDC)
host. The overflow occurs during a password change of a principal
with a certain password history state. An administrator must have
performed a certain password policy change in order to create the
vulnerable state. (See MITIGATING FACTORS below.)
No exploits are known to exist at this time, though a public
discussion of the bug took place during the first weeks of December
2004, containing sufficient detail that someone could infer how to
perform an attack. Exploitation of this vulnerability is believed to
be difficult, due to the limited extent of the overflow.
IMPACT
======
An authenticated user, not necessarily one with administrative
privileges, could execute arbitrary code on the KDC host, compromising
an entire Kerberos realm. [CAN-2004-1189]
MITIGATING FACTORS
==================
* Typically, only a principal satisfying the following conditions can
trigger the buffer overflow upon password change:
+ have changed its password fewer times than the history count in
its password policy
+ had its password policy's history count subsequently reduced to
equal the number of times it has changed its password
* There are other means of producing the vulnerable state, though they
are significantly more complex and much less likely. All of these
other methods involve a reduction of the password history count in a
password policy.
* A workaround exists (see FIXES).
AFFECTED SOFTWARE
=================
* KDC software on all releases of MIT krb5, up to and including
krb5-1.3.5. The vulnerable library is libkadm5srv. Programs which
use the vulnerable functionality of the library include:
+ kadmind (administration daemon)
+ kadmin.local (KDC-local administration client)
+ kadmind4 (krb4 compatibility administration daemon)
FIXES
=====
* WORKAROUND: Until your KDC programs and libraries have been patched,
do not decrease the password history count on any policy in your
Kerberos realm. Also, if you have already decreased the password
history count on a policy at some point in the past, you should
raise it to the maximum value that it has had in the past.
* The upcoming krb5-1.4 release (currently in beta test) will contain
fixes for this problem. The krb5-1.4-beta3 release contains fixes
for this problem.
* The upcoming krb5-1.3.6 patch release contains fixes for this
problem.
* Apply the following patch to src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c, and
recompile the affected libraries and binaries. This patch was
generated against krb5-1.3.5, and may apply, with some offset, to
earlier releases.
This patch may also be found at:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2004-004-patch_1.3.5.txt
The associated detached PGP signature is at:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2004-004-patch_1.3.5.txt.asc
Index: svr_principal.c
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RCS file: /cvs/krbdev/krb5/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c,v
retrieving revision 1.26.2.1
diff -c -r1.26.2.1 svr_principal.c
*** svr_principal.c 2 Sep 2003 18:58:56 -0000 1.26.2.1
- --- svr_principal.c 20 Dec 2004 19:47:29 -0000
***************
*** 1017,1022 ****
- --- 1017,1025 ----
memset(&adb->old_keys[adb->old_key_len],0,sizeof(osa_pw_hist_ent));
adb->old_key_len++;
+ for (i = adb->old_key_len - 1; i > adb->old_key_next; i--)
+ adb->old_keys[i] = adb->old_keys[i - 1];
+ memset(&adb->old_keys[adb->old_key_next],0,sizeof(osa_pw_hist_ent));
} else if (adb->old_key_len > pol->pw_history_num-1) {
/*
* The policy must have changed! Shrink the array.
***************
*** 1039,1048 ****
histp[i] = adb->old_keys[j];
}
/* Now free the ones we don't keep (the oldest ones) */
! for (i = 0; i < adb->old_key_len - (pol->pw_history_num - 1); i++)
for (j = 0; j < adb->old_keys[KADM_MOD(i)].n_key_data; j++)
krb5_free_key_data_contents(context,
&adb->old_keys[KADM_MOD(i)].key_data[j]);
free((void *)adb->old_keys);
adb->old_keys = histp;
adb->old_key_len = pol->pw_history_num - 1;
- --- 1042,1053 ----
histp[i] = adb->old_keys[j];
}
/* Now free the ones we don't keep (the oldest ones) */
! for (i = 0; i < adb->old_key_len - (pol->pw_history_num-1); i++) {
for (j = 0; j < adb->old_keys[KADM_MOD(i)].n_key_data; j++)
krb5_free_key_data_contents(context,
&adb->old_keys[KADM_MOD(i)].key_data[j]);
+ free(adb->old_keys[KADM_MOD(i)].key_data);
+ }
free((void *)adb->old_keys);
adb->old_keys = histp;
adb->old_key_len = pol->pw_history_num - 1;
***************
*** 1052,1061 ****
- --- 1057,1070 ----
}
}
+ if (adb->old_key_next + 1 > adb->old_key_len)
+ adb->old_key_next = 0;
+
/* free the old pw history entry if it contains data */
histp = &adb->old_keys[adb->old_key_next];
for (i = 0; i < histp->n_key_data; i++)
krb5_free_key_data_contents(context, &histp->key_data[i]);
+ free(histp->key_data);
/* store the new entry */
adb->old_keys[adb->old_key_next] = *pw;
REFERENCES
==========
This announcement and related security advisories may be found on the
MIT Kerberos security advisory page at:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/index.html
The main MIT Kerberos web page is at:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/index.html
CERT VU#948033:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948033
CVE CAN-2004-1189:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1189
Administration library in MIT Kerberos 5 release krb5-1.3.5
and earlier has a heap buffer overflow in code which handles
password history, possibly allowing authenticated attackers to
execute arbitrary code on a KDC host.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
===============
Thanks to Michael Tautschnig for reporting this problem.
Thanks to Chaskiel Grundman and Luke Howard for providing debugging
help on the mailing list.
DETAILS
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The vulnerable function is add_to_history() in
src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c. The password history is stored as
a ring buffer, represented as an array of osa_pw_ent_rec, which is
adb->old_keys. The "next" pointer is an index into the array,
adb->old_key_next, and the length of the array is stored in
adb->old_key_len. The array is dynamically resized as needed, and
there is no separate head pointer.
The policy's history count is stored in pol->pw_hist_num, but the
actual maximum number of keys stored in adb->old_keys is
pol->pw_hist_num-1, since the "current" key data are also used for
history comparisons when a password change occurs.
The index value adb->old_key_next is permitted to index to a position
one past the end of the array adb->old_keys if adb->old_key_next is
less than pol->pw_hist_num-1. This out-of-bounds indexing is usually
fixed up when add_to_history() enlarges the array on a subsequent
call.
If pol->pw_hist_num is reduced to adb->old_key_next after a password
change that causes adb->old_key_next to index out of bounds, a
subsequent password change will not run the resizing code, and
add_to_history() will write a password history entry past the end of
the array adb->old_keys.
REVISION HISTORY
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2004-12-20 original release
Copyright (C) 2004 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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