Security update for Kerberos 5

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(Last modified: 05APR2007)

solutions Security update for Kerberos 5 SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (42f0e56eca083c9a097518ef837c4be9)

Applies to

Package: krb5
krb5-devel
krb5-server
Product(s): SUSE SLED 10 for x86
SUSE SLED 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SUSE SLES 10 for x86
SUSE SLES 10 for IPF
SUSE SLES 10 for IBM POWER
SUSE SLES 10 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE SLES 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T

Release: 20070405
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

A bug in the function krb5_klog_syslog() leads to a buffer overflow which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2007-0957).
A double-free bug in the GSS-API library could crash kadmind. It's potentially also exploitable to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2007-1216).

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh krb5.rpm krb5-devel.rpm krb5-server.rpm

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