Fedora 22 FEDORA-2015-5949 Critical: krb5 Network Authentication Fix
fedora
April 22, 2015
Security fix for CVE-2014-5353 (this was fixed in an older build but the announcement was lost)
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:
Security fix for CVE-2014-5353 (this was fixed in an older build but the announcement was lost)
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1174543 - CVE-2014-5353 krb5: NULL pointer dereference when using a ticket policy name as a password policy name
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174543
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: 1.13.1
Release: 2.fc22
Summary: The Kerberos network authentication system
Topics Covered
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