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Fedora 23: 2017-fb123dc405 High: OpenSSL Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey April 5, 2016
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Fedora 22's latest update features a patched Kerberos version that fixes a crucial NULL pointer dereference issue in LDAP, enhancing system security
CVE-2016-3119, NULL dereference in LDAP module.

Summary

Kerberos V5 is a trusted-third-party network authentication system,

which can improve your network's security by eliminating the insecure

practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form.

Update Information:

CVE-2016-3119, NULL dereference in LDAP module.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora authentication Kerberos LDAP module NULL dereference

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-ed99cb602e 2016-04-05 10:07:35.672280
Name : krb5 Product : Fedora 22 Version : 1.13.2 Release : 14.fc22 URL : http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/ Summary : The Kerberos network authentication system Description : Kerberos V5 is a trusted-third-party network authentication system, which can improve your network's security by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update krb5' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: krb5
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.13.2
Release: 14.fc22
URL: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
Summary: The Kerberos network authentication system

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora authentication Kerberos LDAP module NULL dereference

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