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openSUSE Security Update : krb5 (openSUSE-2015-740)
high Nessus Plugin ID 86963
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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=948011
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952188
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 86963
File Name: openSUSE-2015-740.nasl
Version: 2.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 11/20/2015
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krb5-server-debuginfo, 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/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2015