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MITKRB5-SA-2008-002
MIT krb5 Security Advisory 2008-002
Original release: 2008-03-18
Last update: 2008-03-18
Topic: array overrun in RPC library used by kadmind
CVE-2008-0947, CVE-2008-0948
VU#374121
Use of high-numbered file descriptors in the RPC library, used by
kadmind, can cause references past the end of an array.
CVSSv2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:P/RL:T/RC:C
CVSSv2 Base Score: 10
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete
CVSSv2 Temporal Score: 7.8
Exploitability: Proof-of-Concept
Remediation Level: Official fix
Report Confidence: Confirmed
SUMMARY
======
Two bugs in the RPC library server code, used in the kadmin server,
causes an array overrun if too many file descriptors are opened.
Memory corruption can result.
IMPACT
=====
An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause memory corruption in the
kadmind process, which is likely to cause kadmind to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. It is at least theoretically possible for
such corruption to result in database corruption or arbitrary code
execution, though we have no such exploit and are not aware of any
such exploits in use in the wild.
CVE-2008-0947: In 1.4 and later, this bug can only be triggered in
configurations that allow large numbers of open file descriptors in a
process.
CVE-2008-0948: In versions before 1.3, this bug can be triggered in
similar circumstances, but is further limited to platforms not
defining certain macros in certain C system header files. Solaris 10
and Mac OS X 10.4 appear to be unaffected, while GNU libc systems
(e.g., many GNU/Linux distributions) are. It appears that in at least
some cases kadmind will simply exit after getting a "bad file
descriptor" error, but this cannot be guaranteed.
AFFECTED SOFTWARE
================
CVE-2008-0947: libgssrpc and kadmind, from krb5-1.4 through krb5-1.6.3
CVE-2008-0948: libgssrpc and kadmind, in krb5-1.2.2 and probably most
other versions before 1.3, on systems where does not define
FD_SETSIZE.
FIXES
====
* Workaround: Check the system header files for the value of
FD_SETSIZE. Use "ulimit -n" or "limit descriptors" in the shell
invoking kadmind to limit the number of open file descriptors to
FD_SETSIZE or less, before starting kadmind. Then the operating
system will prevent the use of file descriptors large enough to
exploit this bug.
* Apply the following patch for krb5-1.4 and later:
=== src/lib/rpc/svc.c
=================================================================- --- src/lib/rpc/svc.c (revision 1666)
+++ src/lib/rpc/svc.c (local)
@@ -109,15 +109,17 @@
if (sock < FD_SETSIZE) {
xports[sock] = xprt;
FD_SET(sock, &svc_fdset);
+ if (sock > svc_maxfd)
+ svc_maxfd = sock;
}
#else
if (sock < NOFILE) {
xports[sock] = xprt;
svc_fds |= (1 << sock);
+ if (sock > svc_maxfd)
+ svc_maxfd = sock;
}
#endif /* def FD_SETSIZE */
- - if (sock > svc_maxfd)
- - svc_maxfd = sock;
}
/*
=== src/lib/rpc/svc_tcp.c
=================================================================- --- src/lib/rpc/svc_tcp.c (revision 1666)
+++ src/lib/rpc/svc_tcp.c (local)
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
extern errno;
*/
+#ifndef FD_SETSIZE
+#ifdef NBBY
+#define NOFILE (sizeof(int) * NBBY)
+#else
+#define NOFILE (sizeof(int) * 8)
+#endif
+#endif
+
/*
* Ops vector for TCP/IP based rpc service handle
*/
@@ -215,6 +223,19 @@
register SVCXPRT *xprt;
register struct tcp_conn *cd;
+#ifdef FD_SETSIZE
+ if (fd >= FD_SETSIZE) {
+ (void) fprintf(stderr, "svc_tcp: makefd_xprt: fd too high\n");
+ xprt = NULL;
+ goto done;
+ }
+#else
+ if (fd >= NOFILE) {
+ (void) fprintf(stderr, "svc_tcp: makefd_xprt: fd too high\n");
+ xprt = NULL;
+ goto done;
+ }
+#endif
xprt = (SVCXPRT *)mem_alloc(sizeof(SVCXPRT));
if (xprt == (SVCXPRT *)NULL) {
(void) fprintf(stderr, "svc_tcp: makefd_xprt: out of memory\n");
@@ -271,6 +292,10 @@
* make a new transporter (re-uses xprt)
*/
xprt = makefd_xprt(sock, r->sendsize, r->recvsize);
+ if (xprt == NULL) {
+ close(sock);
+ return (FALSE);
+ }
xprt->xp_raddr = addr;
xprt->xp_addrlen = len;
xprt->xp_laddr = laddr;
This patch will result in too-high-numbered file descriptors being
immediately closed after the connection comes in. Clients will see
connections established, and then closed; a "GSS-API (or Kerberos)
error while initializing kadmin interface" will eventually result.
Once some of the lower-numbered file descriptors are closed, clients
will be able to get useful connections again.
* Apply the following patch for krb5-1.2.2 and probably other pre-1.3
versions:
Index: src/lib/rpc/rpc_dtablesize.c
==================================================================- --- src/lib/rpc/rpc_dtablesize.c (revision 20237)
+++ src/lib/rpc/rpc_dtablesize.c (working copy)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#endif
#include
+#include
/*
* Cache the result of getdtablesize(), so we don't have to do an
* The next release from MIT (1.6.4) will include a fix.
REFERENCES
=========
This announcement is posted at:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
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
CVSSv2:
http://www.first.org/cvss/cvss-guide.html
http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2
CVE: CVE-2008-0947
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0947
CVE: CVE-2008-0948
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0948
CERT: VU#374121
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
==============
Thanks to Jeff Altman of Secure Endpoints for discovering and
reporting this problem in 1.6.3.
Thanks to the Red Hat Security Response Team for noting that 1.2.2 was
also affected by the same problem, for different reasons.
CONTACT
======
The MIT Kerberos Team security contact address is
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DETAILS
======
The variable svc_maxfd tracks the highest-numbered file descriptor
registered with the RPC library as a transport handle. While the
registration function does check that the file descriptor number is
less than FD_SETSIZE for array references, the code for updating
svc_maxfd is not so protected. Elsewhere, svc_maxfd is used as an
upper bound for array indexing, and as the maximum file descriptor
number to pass to select().
In 1.2.2, the variable is called max_xport, and is checked against the
value returned by _gssrpc_rpc_dtablesize(), but while that function
checks FD_SETSIZE if it's defined, the source file containing it only
includes unistd.h, which doesn't define FD_SETSIZE on all platforms.
In kadmind, the value from _gssrpc_rpc_dtablesize() is also passed to
select() as the maximum file descriptor number.
REVISION HISTORY
===============
2008-03-18 original release
Copyright (C) 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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