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openSUSE Security Advisory: 2017:2993-1 Critical krb5 Buffer Overflow Risk

opensuse
Calendar Grey November 10, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Important Fedora patch resolving krb5 stack overflow flaw, reducing exposure to potential attack vectors.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for krb5 fixes the following securitz issueÖ

- CVE-2017-15088: A buffer overflow in get_matching_data() was fixed that

could under specific circumstances be used to execute code (bsc#1065274)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1266=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1266=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

krb5-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-client-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-client-debuginfo-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-debuginfo-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-debugsource-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-devel-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-doc-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-mini-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-mini-debuginfo-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-mini-debugsource-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-mini-devel-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap-debuginfo-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-otp-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-otp-debuginfo-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit-debuginfo-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-server-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-server-debuginfo-1.12.5-12.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

krb5-32bit-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-debuginfo-32bit-1.12.5-12.1

krb5-devel-32bit-1.12.5-12.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

krb5-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-client-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-client-debuginfo-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-debuginfo-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-debugsource-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-devel-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-doc-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-mini-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-mini-debuginfo-1.12.5-6.6.1

krb5-mini-deb...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15088.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1065274

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2993-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 .

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