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Fedora 41: krb5 2024-c0961d31b8 Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2024
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Updates for the krb5 package in Fedora 41 addressing critical BlastRADIUS security fix and PKINIT changes.
Security: CVE-2024-3596: Fix for BlastRADIUS vulnerability in libkrad (support for Message-Authenticator attribute) Marvin attack: Removal of the "RSA" method for PKINIT Fix of mis...

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: CVE-2024-3596: Fix for BlastRADIUS vulnerability in libkrad (support for Message-Authenticator attribute) Marvin attack: Removal of the "RSA" method for PKINIT Fix of miscellaneous mistakes in the code Enhancement: Rework of TCP request timeout (disabled by default, global timeout setting added)

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Change Log

* Wed Oct 30 2024 Julien Rische - 1.21.3-3 - libkrad: implement support for Message-Authenticator (CVE-2024-3596) Resolves: rhbz#2304071 - Fix various issues detected by static analysis Resolves: rhbz#2322704 - Remove RSA protocol for PKINIT Resolves: rhbz#2322706 - Make TCP waiting time configurable Resolves: rhbz#2322711

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2304071 - libkrad: implement support for Message-Authenticator (CVE-2024-3596) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304071 [ 2 ] Bug #2322704 - Fix various issues detected by static analysis https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322704 [ 3 ] Bug #2322706 - Remove RSA protocol for PKINIT https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322706 [ 4 ] Bug #2322711 - Make TCP waiting time configurable https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322711

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-c0961d31b8' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: krb5
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 1.21.3
Release: 3.fc41
URL: https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
Summary: The Kerberos network authentication system

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