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SUSE: 2024:2305-1 Important: KRB5 Security Updates for Memory Errors

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2024
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Crucial enhancements for krb5 tackling significant vulnerabilities in SUSE environments. Verify that your deployments are up-to-date.
* bsc#1227186 * bsc#1227187 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-37370

Summary

## This update for krb5 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-37370: Fixed confidential GSS krb5 wrap tokens with invalid fields were errouneously accepted (bsc#1227186). * CVE-2024-37371: Fixed invalid memory read when processing message tokens with invalid length fields (bsc#1227187). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-2305=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-2305=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE krb5 authentication fix memory error

References

* bsc#1227186

* bsc#1227187

Cross-

* CVE-2024-37370

* CVE-2024-37371

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-37370 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-37371 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

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* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-37370.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-37371.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227186

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:2305-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE krb5 authentication fix memory error

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