krb5 commit [krb5-1.13]: Return only new keys in randkey [CVE-2014-5351]
Tom Yu
tlyu at mit.edu
Mon Sep 22 17:29:07 EDT 2014
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/3bf9e33f9d66c0eef486cbd83f9e4f13a74d12c3
commit 3bf9e33f9d66c0eef486cbd83f9e4f13a74d12c3
Author: Greg Hudson <ghudson at mit.edu>
Date: Thu Aug 21 13:52:07 2014 -0400
Return only new keys in randkey [CVE-2014-5351]
In kadmind's randkey operation, if a client specifies the keepold
flag, do not include the preserved old keys in the response.
CVE-2014-5351:
An authenticated remote attacker can retrieve the current keys for a
service principal when generating a new set of keys for that
principal. The attacker needs to be authenticated as a user who has
the elevated privilege for randomizing the keys of other principals.
Normally, when a Kerberos administrator randomizes the keys of a
service principal, kadmind returns only the new keys. This prevents
an administrator who lacks legitimate privileged access to a service
from forging tickets to authenticate to that service. If the
"keepold" flag to the kadmin randkey RPC operation is true, kadmind
retains the old keys in the KDC database as intended, but also
unexpectedly returns the old keys to the client, which exposes the
service to ticket forgery attacks from the administrator.
A mitigating factor is that legitimate clients of the affected service
will start failing to authenticate to the service once they begin to
receive service tickets encrypted in the new keys. The affected
service will be unable to decrypt the newly issued tickets, possibly
alerting the legitimate administrator of the affected service.
CVSSv2: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
[tlyu at mit.edu: CVE description and CVSS score]
(cherry picked from commit af0ed4df4dfae762ab5fb605f5a0c8f59cb4f6ca)
ticket: 8018
version_fixed: 1.13
status: resolved
src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c b/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c
index 5d358bd..d4e74cc 100644
--- a/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c
+++ b/src/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c
@@ -344,6 +344,20 @@ check_1_6_dummy(kadm5_principal_ent_t entry, long mask,
*passptr = NULL;
}
+/* Return the number of keys with the newest kvno. Assumes that all key data
+ * with the newest kvno are at the front of the key data array. */
+static int
+count_new_keys(int n_key_data, krb5_key_data *key_data)
+{
+ int n;
+
+ for (n = 1; n < n_key_data; n++) {
+ if (key_data[n - 1].key_data_kvno != key_data[n].key_data_kvno)
+ return n;
+ }
+ return n_key_data;
+}
+
kadm5_ret_t
kadm5_create_principal(void *server_handle,
kadm5_principal_ent_t entry, long mask,
@@ -1593,7 +1607,7 @@ kadm5_randkey_principal_3(void *server_handle,
osa_princ_ent_rec adb;
krb5_int32 now;
kadm5_policy_ent_rec pol;
- int ret, last_pwd;
+ int ret, last_pwd, n_new_keys;
krb5_boolean have_pol = FALSE;
kadm5_server_handle_t handle = server_handle;
krb5_keyblock *act_mkey;
@@ -1686,8 +1700,9 @@ kadm5_randkey_principal_3(void *server_handle,
kdb->fail_auth_count = 0;
if (keyblocks) {
- ret = decrypt_key_data(handle->context,
- kdb->n_key_data, kdb->key_data,
+ /* Return only the new keys added by krb5_dbe_crk. */
+ n_new_keys = count_new_keys(kdb->n_key_data, kdb->key_data);
+ ret = decrypt_key_data(handle->context, n_new_keys, kdb->key_data,
keyblocks, n_keys);
if (ret)
goto done;
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