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Ubuntu 10.10/10.04 LTS: USN-1116-1 Critical DoS Due to Kerberos Issue

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An unauthenticated remote user could crash the Kerberos service.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1116-1
April 19, 2011

krb5 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 9.10

Summary:

An unauthenticated remote user could crash the Kerberos service.

Software Description:
- krb5: MIT Kerberos services

Details:

Felipe Ortega discovered that kadmind did not correctly handle password
changing error conditions. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit
this to crash kadmind, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
  krb5-admin-server               1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  krb5-admin-server               1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.9

Ubuntu 9.10:
  krb5-admin-server               1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.13

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  CVE-2011-0285

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.7
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.9
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.13

Ubuntu 10.10/10.04 LTS: USN-1116-1 Critical DoS Due to Kerberos Issue

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2011
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
An exploit in the Kerberos system of Ubuntu can lead to service disruption for users. Information regarding the patch has been provided.
An unauthenticated remote user could crash the Kerberos service.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: krb5-admin-server 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.7 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: krb5-admin-server 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.9 Ubuntu 9.10: krb5-admin-server 1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.13 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2011-0285

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April 19, 2011

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.9 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.7dfsg~beta3-1ubuntu0.13

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