openSUSE Security Update : krb5 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0348-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 53745

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A remote attacker may be able to make kadmind free an invalid pointer, leading to a crash of the service (CVE-2011-0285).

Solution

Update the affected krb5 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=687469

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00047.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 53745

File Name: suse_11_2_krb5-110414.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-apps-clients, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-apps-servers, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-server, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0285