SUSE: 2015:1897-1 Important: krb5 Update Critical DoS Fix
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November 4, 2015
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Summary
krb5 was updated to fix three security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-2695: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established SPNEGO context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952188). - CVE-2015-2696: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established IAKERB context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952189). - CVE-2015-2697: Incorrect string handling in build_principal_va can lead to DOS (bsc#952190). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
Topics Covered
References
#948011 #952188 #952189 #952190
Cross- CVE-2015-2695 CVE-2015-2696 CVE-2015-2697
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2695.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2696.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2697.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=948011
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952188
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952189
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952190
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1897-1
Rating: important
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