Security update for krb5

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20051-1
Release Date: 2025-02-03T08:56:22Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-26458 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-26458 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-26461 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-26461 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-26462 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-26462 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-26462 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-37370 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-37370 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-37370 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-37371 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-37371 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-37371 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for krb5 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-37370: Confidential GSS krb5 wrap tokens with invalid plaintext Extra Count fields were erroneously accepted during unwrap (bsc#1227186)
  • CVE-2024-37371: Fixed invalid memory read when processing message tokens with invalid length fields (bsc#1227187)
  • CVE-2024-26458: Fixed memory leak at /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c (bsc#1220770)
  • CVE-2024-26461: Fixed memory leak at /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c (bsc#1220771)
  • CVE-2024-26462: Fixed memory leak at /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c (bsc#1220772)

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 Micro 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-74=1
  • SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-74=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • krb5-debuginfo-1.20.1-5.1
    • krb5-1.20.1-5.1
    • krb5-debugsource-1.20.1-5.1
  • SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • krb5-mini-1.20.1-5.1
    • krb5-mini-debugsource-1.20.1-5.1
    • krb5-mini-debuginfo-1.20.1-5.1

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