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CVE-2024-3183

HIGHCVSS 8.1/10EPSS 2.05%

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CVE-2024-3183 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.1/10 on the CVSS scale. A vulnerability was found in FreeIPA in a way when a Kerberos TGS-REQ is encrypted using the client’s session key. This key is different for each new session, which protects it from brute force attacks. EPSS estimates a 2.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A vulnerability was found in FreeIPA in a way when a Kerberos TGS-REQ is encrypted using the client’s session key. This key is different for each new session, which protects it from brute force attacks. However, the ticket it contains is encrypted using the target principal key directly. For user principals, this key is a hash of a public per-principal randomly-generated salt and the user’s password. If a principal is compromised it means the attacker would be able to retrieve tickets encrypted to any principal, all of them being encrypted by their own key directly. By taking these tickets and salts offline, the attacker could run brute force attacks to find character strings able to decrypt tickets when combined to a principal salt (i.e. find the principal’s password).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
8.1/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Probability
2.05%

78.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
RedhatEnterprise Linux7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux8.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Aus8.2
RedhatEnterprise Linux Aus8.4
RedhatEnterprise Linux Aus8.6
RedhatEnterprise Linux Eus8.8
RedhatEnterprise Linux Tus8.4
RedhatEnterprise Linux Tus8.6
RedhatEnterprise Linux Update Services For Sap Solutions8.4
RedhatEnterprise Linux Update Services For Sap Solutions8.6

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-3183?
A vulnerability was found in FreeIPA in a way when a Kerberos TGS-REQ is encrypted using the client’s session key. This key is different for each new session, which protects it from brute force attacks. However, the ticket it contains is encrypted using the target principal key directly. For user principals, this key is a hash of a public per-principal randomly-generated salt and the user’s password. If a principal is compromised it means the attacker would be able to retrieve tickets encrypted to any principal, all of them being encrypted by their own key directly. By taking these tickets and salts offline, the attacker could run brute force attacks to find character strings able to decrypt tickets when combined to a principal salt (i.e. find the principal’s password).
How severe is CVE-2024-3183?
CVE-2024-3183 has a CVSS score of 8.1/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 2.05% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3183?
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Source: NVD / NIST