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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 RHSA-2009:0410-01 Critical: Input Flaw

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important krb5 security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 aimed at correcting an input verification issue and improving overall system protection.
Updated krb5 packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a trusted third party, the Key Distribution Center (KDC).
An input validation flaw was found in the ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) decoder used by MIT Kerberos. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a network service using the MIT Kerberos library, such as kadmind or krb5kdc, by causing it to dereference or free an uninitialized pointer or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the service. (CVE-2009-0846)
All krb5 users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running services using the MIT Kerberos libraries must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat critical update kerberos server crash authentication flaw input issue

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0846 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-002.txt

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :
Source:
i386: krb5-devel-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-server-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-workstation-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm
ia64: krb5-devel-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm krb5-server-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm krb5-workstation-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
Source:
ia64: krb5-devel-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm krb5-server-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm krb5-workstation-1.2.2-49.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
Source:
i386: krb5-devel-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-server-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-workstation-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
Source:
i386: krb5-devel-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-server-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm krb5-workstation-1.2.2-49.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: krb5-debuginfo-1.2.7-70.i386.rpm krb5-devel-1.2.7-70.i386.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.7-70.i386.rpm krb5-server-1.2.7-70.i386.rpm krb5-workstation-1.2.7-70.i386.rpm
ia64: krb5-debuginfo-1.2.7-70.i386.rpm krb5-debuginfo-1.2.7-70.ia64.rpm krb5-devel-1.2.7-70.ia64.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.7-70.i386.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.7-70.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0410-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0410.html
Issue date: 2009-04-07

Topic

Updated krb5 packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat critical update kerberos server crash authentication flaw input issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Bugs Fixed

491036 - CVE-2009-0846 krb5: ASN.1 decoder can free uninitialized pointer when decoding an invalid encoding (MITKRB5-SA-2009-002)

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