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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : krb5 (SUSE-SU-2015:1897-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 86754
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
krb5 was updated to fix three security issues.These security issues were fixed :
- CVE-2015-2695: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established SPNEGO context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952188).
- CVE-2015-2696: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established IAKERB context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952189).
- CVE-2015-2697: Incorrect string handling in build_principal_va can lead to DOS (bsc#952190).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
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 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-792=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-792=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-792=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=948011
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952188
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952189
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952190
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2695/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2696/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 86754
File Name: suse_SU-2015-1897-1.nasl
Version: 2.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 11/5/2015
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-otp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-otp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-server-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2015