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Security update for package heimdal

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(Last modified: 14NOV2002)


solutions Security update for package heimdal SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (e17eae9939eb20541537cc65d174b8bf)

Applies to

Product(s): SuSE eMail Server 3.1
SuSE eMail Server III
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IA32
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IA64
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for PowerPC
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for S/390 and zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IBM zSeries
SuSE Linux Office Server

Package: heimdal
heimdal-lib
Release: 20021114
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone using the Heimdal Kerberos implementation should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

The SuSE Security Team has done a code review of the heimdal package. The following bugs has been discovered and fixed:
  • missing bounds checks in the ASN1 library
  • buffer and integer overflows in kdc and kadmin
  • various bugs in the krb5 library
Some of these bugs are considered to be exploitable by remote attackers. Since the primary targets of heimdal installations are authentication servers, a remote compromise is likely to also affect the complete network covered by these authentication servers. Thus an update is strongly recommended.

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 -Uvh heimdal.rpm heimdal-lib.rpm

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