SuSE 10 Security Update : Kerberos (ZYPP Patch Number 6140)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 41542
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Synopsis
The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Clients sending negotiation requests with invalid flags could crash the kerberos server. (CVE-2009-0845)GSS-API clients could crash when reading from an invalid address space. (CVE-2009-0844)
Invalid length checks could crash applications using the kerberos ASN.1 parser. (CVE-2009-0847)
Under certain circumstances the ASN.1 parser could free an uninitialized pointer which could crash a kerberos server or even lead to execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-0846)
Solution
Apply ZYPP patch number 6140.See Also
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0844.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0845.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 41542
File Name: suse_krb5-6140.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/24/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0844, CVE-2009-0845, CVE-2009-0846, CVE-2009-0847