openSUSE Security Update : krb5 (openSUSE-2016-181)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88687

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for krb5 fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2015-8629: Information leak authenticated attackers with permissions to modify the database (bsc#963968)

- CVE-2015-8630: An authenticated attacker with permission to modify a principal entry may have caused kadmind to crash (bsc#963964)

- CVE-2015-8631: An authenticated attacker could have caused a memory leak in auditd by supplying a null principal name in request (bsc#963975)

Solution

Update the affected krb5 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88687

File Name: openSUSE-2016-181.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/11/2016

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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, 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: 2/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8629, CVE-2015-8630, CVE-2015-8631

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