SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : krb5 (SAT Patch Numbers 8533 / 8534)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71425

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for krb5 fixes the following security issue :

- If a KDC serves multiple realms, certain requests could cause setup_server_realm() to dereference a NULL pointer, crashing the KDC. (CVE-2013-1418)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8533 / 8534 as appropriate.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849240

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1418.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71425

File Name: suse_11_krb5-131108.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-apps-servers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-server, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:krb5-apps-clients

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1418