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Oracle Linux 5 : krb5 (ELSA-2014-1245)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77738

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1245 advisory.

 - gssapi: pull in upstream fix for a possible NULL dereference in spnego (CVE-2014-4344, #1121509)
 - fix what appears to be a cosmetic error in the patch for self-tests for CVE-2014-4341
 - run the backported self-tests, such as they are, for CVE-2014-4341
 - pull in backported fix for denial of service by injection of malformed GSSAPI tokens (CVE-2014-4341, #1121509)
 - incorporate backported upstream patch for remote crash of KDCs which serve multiple realms simultaneously (RT#7756, CVE-2013-1418/CVE-2013-6800,

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1245.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77738

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1245.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4344

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:krb5-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1418, CVE-2013-6800, CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4344

BID: 63555, 63770, 68909, 69160

RHSA: 2014:1245