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ELSA-2011-1379 Moderate: Oracle Linux krb5 security update

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ELSA-2011-1379 Moderate: Oracle Linux krb5 security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

10/20/2011

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

The lookup_lockout_policy function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8 through 1.8.4 and 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the db2 (aka Berkeley DB) or LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via vectors that trigger certain process_as_req errors.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-libs
oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-pkinit-openssl
oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-server
oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-server-ldap
oracle-linux-upgrade-krb5-workstation

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-1527
659251
CVE - 2011-1527
CVE - 2011-1528
CVE - 2011-1529
RHSA-2011:1379
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-October/002410.html

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