openSUSE Security Update : krb5 (openSUSE-2015-709)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86800

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

krb5 was updated to fix three security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

- CVE-2015-2695: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established SPNEGO context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952188).

- CVE-2015-2696: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established IAKERB context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952189).

- CVE-2015-2697: Incorrect string handling in build_principal_va can lead to DOS (bsc#952190).

Solution

Update the affected krb5 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952188

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952189

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952190

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86800

File Name: openSUSE-2015-709.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-mini, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-preauth-otp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-server-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-mini-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-mini-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-mini-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-plugin-preauth-otp-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2695, CVE-2015-2696, CVE-2015-2697