Short Name |
TELNET:EXPLOIT:MIT-KERB-DASH-E |
---|---|
Severity |
Critical |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
TELNET |
Keywords |
MIT Kerberos 5 Telnet Daemon Authentication Bypass |
Release Date |
2007/04/27 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
di-5.3+, idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against MIT Kerberos 5 Telnet Daemon. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution as any user, possibly including root.
MIT Kerberos 5 is prone to an authentication-bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to gain superuser or SYSTEM-level privileges on the affected computer. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers. This issue occurs in Kerberos 5 versions 1.6 and prior.