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Fedora 15 : krb5-1.9.1-14.fc15 (2011-14673)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56852

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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, #744125), an assertion failure with= multiple kdb backends (CVE-2011-1528), and a NULL pointer dereference with= multiple kdb backends (CVE-2011-1529).
(#737711)

It also rolls up a number of mostly-minor fixes, some of which were backpor= ted from upstream to the Fedora 16 branch. The main user-visible change is= a fix for cross-realm authentication in the client libraries.
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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?c52b1476

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56852

File Name: fedora_2011-14673.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:krb5

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: 2011-14673