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openSUSE 11.4 Security Update: 2012:0019-1 Important Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2012
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE Security Update resolves critical vulnerabilities linked to remote code execution risks found in krb5 software applications.
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Description

This update of krb5 applications fixes two security issues.

CVE-2011-4862: A remote code execution in the kerberized

telnet daemon was fixed. (This only affects the ktelnetd

from the krb5-appl RPM, not the regular telnetd supplied by

SUSE.)

CVE-2011-1526 / MITKRB5-SA-2011-005: Fixed krb5 ftpd

unauthorized file access problems.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.4:

zypper in -t patch krb5-appl-5593

- openSUSE 11.3:

zypper in -t patch krb5-appl-5593

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

krb5-appl-clients-1.0-7.12.1

krb5-appl-servers-1.0-7.12.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

krb5-appl-clients-1.0-4.5.1

krb5-appl-servers-1.0-4.5.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4862.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0019-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3

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