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RHEL 6 : krb5 (RHSA-2011:1790)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 57036
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for krb5.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1790 advisory.- krb5 (krb5kdc): NULL pointer dereference in the TGS handling (MITKRB5-SA-2011-007) (CVE-2011-1530)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL krb5 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1790.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753748
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-007.txt
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 57036
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1790.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/7/2011
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1530
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server-ldap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-pkinit-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:krb5-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1530
BID: 50929