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Fix KDC null deref on bad encrypted challenge
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The function ec_verify() in src/kdc/kdc_preauth_ec.c contains a check
to avoid further processing if the armor key is NULL.  However, this
check is bypassed by a call to k5memdup0() which overwrites retval
with 0 if the allocation succeeds.  If the armor key is NULL, a call
to krb5_c_fx_cf2_simple() will then dereference it, resulting in a
crash.  Add a check before the k5memdup0() call to avoid overwriting
retval.

CVE-2021-36222:

In MIT krb5 releases 1.16 and later, an unauthenticated attacker can
cause a null dereference in the KDC by sending a request containing a
PA-ENCRYPTED-CHALLENGE padata element without using FAST.

[ghudson@mit.edu: trimmed patch; added test case; edited commit
message]

ticket: 9007 (new)
tags: pullup
target_version: 1.19-next
target_version: 1.18-next
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jsutton24 authored and greghudson committed Jul 12, 2021
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/kdc/kdc_preauth_ec.c
Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ ec_verify(krb5_context context, krb5_data *req_pkt, krb5_kdc_req *request,
}

/* Check for a configured FAST ec auth indicator. */
realmstr = k5memdup0(realm.data, realm.length, &retval);
if (retval == 0)
realmstr = k5memdup0(realm.data, realm.length, &retval);
if (realmstr != NULL)
retval = profile_get_string(context->profile, KRB5_CONF_REALMS,
realmstr,
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/tests/Makefile.in
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$(RUNPYTEST) $(srcdir)/t_cve-2012-1015.py $(PYTESTFLAGS)
$(RUNPYTEST) $(srcdir)/t_cve-2013-1416.py $(PYTESTFLAGS)
$(RUNPYTEST) $(srcdir)/t_cve-2013-1417.py $(PYTESTFLAGS)
$(RUNPYTEST) $(srcdir)/t_cve-2021-36222.py $(PYTESTFLAGS)
$(RM) au.log
$(RUNPYTEST) $(srcdir)/t_audit.py $(PYTESTFLAGS)
$(RUNPYTEST) $(srcdir)/jsonwalker.py -d $(srcdir)/au_dict.json \
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46 changes: 46 additions & 0 deletions src/tests/t_cve-2021-36222.py
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import socket
from k5test import *

realm = K5Realm()

# CVE-2021-36222 KDC null dereference on encrypted challenge preauth
# without FAST

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
a = (hostname, realm.portbase)

m = ('6A81A0' '30819D' # [APPLICATION 10] SEQUENCE
'A103' '0201' '05' # [1] pvno = 5
'A203' '0201' '0A' # [2] msg-type = 10
'A30E' '300C' # [3] padata = SEQUENCE OF
'300A' # SEQUENCE
'A104' '0202' '008A' # [1] padata-type = PA-ENCRYPTED-CHALLENGE
'A202' '0400' # [2] padata-value = ""
'A48180' '307E' # [4] req-body = SEQUENCE
'A007' '0305' '0000000000' # [0] kdc-options = 0
'A120' '301E' # [1] cname = SEQUENCE
'A003' '0201' '01' # [0] name-type = NT-PRINCIPAL
'A117' '3015' # [1] name-string = SEQUENCE-OF
'1B06' '6B7262746774' # krbtgt
'1B0B' '4B5242544553542E434F4D'
# KRBTEST.COM
'A20D' '1B0B' '4B5242544553542E434F4D'
# [2] realm = KRBTEST.COM
'A320' '301E' # [3] sname = SEQUENCE
'A003' '0201' '01' # [0] name-type = NT-PRINCIPAL
'A117' '3015' # [1] name-string = SEQUENCE-OF
'1B06' '6B7262746774' # krbtgt
'1B0B' '4B5242544553542E434F4D'
# KRBTEST.COM
'A511' '180F' '31393934303631303036303331375A'
# [5] till = 19940610060317Z
'A703' '0201' '00' # [7] nonce = 0
'A808' '3006' # [8] etype = SEQUENCE OF
'020112' '020111') # aes256-cts aes128-cts

s.sendto(bytes.fromhex(m), a)

# Make sure kinit still works.
realm.kinit(realm.user_princ, password('user'))

success('CVE-2021-36222 regression test')

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