CVE-2015-2694 (published 2015-05-25T19:59Z)

The kdcpreauth modules in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.2 do not properly track whether a client's request has been validated, which allows remote attackers to bypass an intended preauthentication requirement by providing (1) zero bytes of data or (2) an arbitrary realm name, related to plugins/preauth/otp/main.c and plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 5.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-264
cwe_name: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
description: Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/krb5/krb5
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/krb5/krb5
author: Greg Hudson
author_date: 2015-03-24 12:02:37-04:00
msg: Prevent requires_preauth bypass [CVE-2015-2694]

In the OTP kdcpreauth module, don't set the TKT_FLG_PRE_AUTH bit until
the request is successfully verified.  In the PKINIT kdcpreauth
module, don't respond with code 0 on empty input or an unconfigured
realm.  Together these bugs could cause the KDC preauth framework to
erroneously treat a request as pre-authenticated.

CVE-2015-2694:

In MIT krb5 1.12 and later, when the KDC is configured with PKINIT
support, an unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass the
requires_preauth flag on a client principal and obtain a ciphertext
encrypted in the principal's long-term key.  This ciphertext could be
used to conduct an off-line dictionary attack against the user's
password.

    CVSSv2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

ticket: 8160 (new)
target_version: 1.13.2
tags: pullup
subject: requires_preauth bypass in PKINIT-enabled KDC [CVE-2015-2694]
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/krb5/krb5
repo_name: krb5/krb5
description: mirror of MIT krb5 repository
repo_language: C
owner: krb5
file_changes: filename: main.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static krb5_preauthtype otp_pa_type_list[] =
 struct request_state {
     krb5_kdcpreauth_verify_respond_fn respond;
     void *arg;
+    krb5_enc_tkt_part *enc_tkt_reply;
 };
 
 static krb5_error_code
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ on_response(void *data, krb5_error_code retval, otp_response response)
     if (retval == 0 && response != otp_response_success)
         retval = KRB5_PREAUTH_FAILED;
 
+    if (retval == 0)
+        rs.enc_tkt_reply->flags |= TKT_FLG_PRE_AUTH;
+
     rs.respond(rs.arg, retval, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -263,8 +267,6 @@ otp_verify(krb5_context context, krb5_data *req_pkt, krb5_kdc_req *request,
     krb5_data d, plaintext;
     char *config;
 
-    enc_tkt_reply->flags |= TKT_FLG_PRE_AUTH;
-
     /* Get the FAST armor key. */
     armor_key = cb->fast_armor(context, rock);
     if (armor_key == NULL) {
@@ -298,12 +300,14 @@ otp_verify(krb5_context context, krb5_data *req_pkt, krb5_kdc_req *request,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    /* Create the request state. */
+    /* Create the request state.  Save the response callback, and the
+     * enc_tkt_reply pointer so we can set the TKT_FLG_PRE_AUTH flag later. */
     rs = k5alloc(sizeof(struct request_state), &retval);
     if (rs == NULL)
         goto error;
     rs->arg = arg;
     rs->respond = respond;
+    rs->enc_tkt_reply = enc_tkt_reply;
 
     /* Get the principal's OTP configuration string. */
     retval = cb->get_string(context, rock, "otp", &config);

programming_language: C
filename: pkinit_srv.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ pkinit_server_verify_padata(krb5_context context,
 
     pkiDebug("pkinit_verify_padata: entered!\n");
     if (data == NULL || data->length <= 0 || data->contents == NULL) {
-        (*respond)(arg, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        (*respond)(arg, EINVAL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pkinit_server_verify_padata(krb5_context context,
 
     plgctx = pkinit_find_realm_context(context, moddata, request->server);
     if (plgctx == NULL) {
-        (*respond)(arg, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        (*respond)(arg, EINVAL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
         return;
     }
 

programming_language: C