Security update for krb5

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1088-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-3119 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for krb5 fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2016-3119: An authenticated attacker with permission to modify a principal entry could have caused kadmind to dereference a null pointer by supplying an empty DB argument to the modify_principal command, if kadmind is configured to use the LDAP KDB module. (bsc#971942)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-krb5-12512=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-krb5-12512=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-krb5-12512=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • krb5-devel-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • krb5-server-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • krb5-devel-32bit-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • krb5-apps-servers-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-apps-clients-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-server-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-client-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • krb5-x86-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • krb5-32bit-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • krb5-apps-servers-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-apps-clients-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-server-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-32bit-1.6.3-133.49.109.1
    • krb5-client-1.6.3-133.49.109.1

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