Fedora 14 : krb5-1.8.4-3.fc14 (2011-14650)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56851

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update applies the upstream patch to fix a NULL pointer dereference wi= th the LDAP kdb backend (CVE-2011-1527), an assertion failure with multiple= kdb backends (CVE-2011-1528), and a NULL pointer dereference with multiple= kdb backends (CVE-2011-1529).
(#737711)

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Solution

Update the affected krb5 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737711

http://www.nessus.org/u?cceea7b8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56851

File Name: fedora_2011-14650.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:krb5, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1527, CVE-2011-1528, CVE-2011-1529

BID: 50273

FEDORA: 2011-14650