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ELSA-2007-0095 Critical: krb5 security update

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ELSA-2007-0095 Critical: krb5 security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/09/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
02/04/2021

Description

The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain system access via a username beginning with a '-' character, a similar issue to CVE-2007-0882.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-server
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-workstation

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