SUSE SLES11 Security Update : krb5 (SUSE-SU-2016:1088-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90586

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for krb5 fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2016-3119: An authenticated attacker with permission to modify a principal entry could have caused kadmind to dereference a NULL pointer by supplying an empty DB argument to the modify_principal command, if kadmind is configured to use the LDAP KDB module. (bsc#971942)

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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 11-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch sdksp4-krb5-12512=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch slessp4-krb5-12512=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-krb5-12512=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971942

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3119/

http://www.nessus.org/u?e0240fea

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90586

File Name: suse_SU-2016-1088-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-apps-clients, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-apps-servers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-server, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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: 4/18/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3119