Security update for Kerberos 5
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Kerberos 5
This update for Kerberos 5 fixes one security issue:
The KDC plugin for PKINIT can dereference a null pointer
when processing malformed packets, leading to a crash of
the KDC process. (bnc#806715, CVE-2013-1415)
Additionally, it improves compatibility with processes that
handle large numbers of open files. (bnc#787272)
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:0558-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #787272 #806715 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for Kerberos 5 fixes one security issue:
The KDC plugin for PKINIT can dereference a null pointer
when processing malformed packets, leading to a crash of
the KDC process. (bnc#806715, CVE-2013-1415)
Additionally, it improves compatibility with processes that
handle large numbers of open files. (bnc#787272)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sdksp2-krb5-7446 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-krb5-7446 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-krb5-7446 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-krb5-7446
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- krb5-devel-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- krb5-devel-32bit-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- krb5-server-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- krb5-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-apps-clients-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-apps-servers-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-client-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-server-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
- krb5-32bit-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- krb5-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-apps-clients-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-apps-servers-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-client-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-server-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- krb5-32bit-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
- krb5-x86-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- krb5-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- krb5-client-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
- krb5-32bit-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/787272
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/806715
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b65786aee61582aa40a251cace29337a