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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : krb5 (MDVSA-2011:048)

high Nessus Plugin ID 52730

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in krb5 :

The MIT Kerberos 5 Key Distribution Center (KDC) daemon is vulnerable to a double-free condition if the Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication (PKINIT) capability is enabled, resulting in daemon crash or arbitrary code execution (which is believed to be difficult) (CVE-2011-0284).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-003.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 52730

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-048.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/21/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-pkinit-openssl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb53, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64krb53-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb53, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libkrb53-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0284

MDVSA: 2011:048