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Exposure only occurs if pam_krb5 is enabled in the PAM configuration, an /etc/krb5.conf is installed, and the system does not have a system keytab.

For FreeBSD, the default installation has pam_krb5 commented out and does not have an /etc/krb5.conf.
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" } ], "value": "pam_krb5 authenticates a user by essentially running kinit with the password, getting a ticket-granting ticket (tgt) from the Kerberos KDC (Key Distribution Center) over the network, as a way to verify the password. However, if a keytab is not provisioned on the system, pam_krb5 has no way to validate the response from the KDC, and essentially trusts the tgt provided over the network as being valid. In a non-default FreeBSD installation that leverages pam_krb5 for authentication and does not have a keytab provisioned, an attacker that is able to control both the password and the KDC responses can return a valid tgt, allowing authentication to occur for any user on the system.\n" } ], "impacts": [ { "capecId": "CAPEC-114", "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse" } ] } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "cweId": "CWE-303", "description": "CWE-303 Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "63664ac6-956c-4cba-a5d0-f46076e16109", "shortName": "freebsd", "dateUpdated": "2023-08-01T22:40:58.267Z" }, "references": [ { "tags": [ "vendor-advisory" ], "url": "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-23:04.pam_krb5.asc" }, { "tags": [ "third-party-advisory" ], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230714-0005/" }, { "tags": [ "vendor-advisory" ], "url": "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-23:09.pam_krb5.asc" } ], "source": { "advisory": "FreeBSD-SA-23:04.pam_krb5", "discovery": "UNKNOWN" }, "title": "Network authentication attack via pam_krb5", "workarounds": [ { "lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [ { "base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "If you are not using Kerberos at all, ensure /etc/krb5.conf is missing from your system. Additionally, ensure pam_krb5 is commented out of your PAM configuration located as documented in pam.conf(5), generally /etc/pam.d. Note, the default FreeBSD PAM configuration has pam_krb5 commented out.

If you are using Kerberos, but not using pam_krb5, ensure pam_krb5 is commented out of your PAM configuration located as documented in pam.conf(5), generally /etc/pam.d. Note, the default FreeBSD PAM configuration has pam_krb5 commented out.

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