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SUSE: 2012:0050-1 Important: Kerberos 5 Remote Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2012
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE enhances Kerberos 5 to tackle critical problems such as remote code execution flaws.
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Summary

This update of krb5 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. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2011-4862 Indications: Please install this update. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-krb5-5594 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp1-krb5-5594

References

#698471 #738632

Cross- CVE-2011-4862

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0050-1
Rating: important

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