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Ubuntu: 5828-1 Moderate: Kerberos Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Significant flaws in Kerberos have been discovered across various versions of Ubuntu. It's essential to upgrade your system to reduce potential threats.
Several security issues were fixed in Kerberos.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: krb5-admin-server 1.20-1ubuntu0.1 krb5-kdc 1.20-1ubuntu0.1 krb5-user 1.20-1ubuntu0.1 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.20-1ubuntu0.1 libkdb5-10 1.20-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: krb5-admin-server 1.19.2-2ubuntu0.1 krb5-kdc 1.19.2-2ubuntu0.1 krb5-user 1.19.2-2ubuntu0.1 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.19.2-2ubuntu0.1 libkdb5-10 1.19.2-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: krb5-admin-server 1.17-6ubuntu4.2 krb5-kdc 1.17-6ubuntu4.2 krb5-user 1.17-6ubuntu4.2 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-6ubuntu4.2 libkdb5-9 1.17-6ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: krb5-admin-server 1.16-2ubuntu0.3 krb5-kdc 1.16-2ubuntu0.3 krb5-user 1.16-2ubuntu0.3 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.16-2ubuntu0.3 libkdb5-9 1.16-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: krb5-admin-server 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3 krb5-kdc 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3 krb5-user 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3 libkdb5-8 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: krb5-admin-server 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm3 krb5-kdc 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm3 krb5-user 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm3 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm3 libkdb5-7 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm3 After a standard system update you need to restart any application using Kerberos libraries to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5828-1

CVE-2018-20217, CVE-2022-42898

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January 25, 2023

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.20-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.19.2-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.17-6ubuntu4.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5/1.16-2ubuntu0.3

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