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USN-924-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities

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USN-924-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/05/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-krb5-kdc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libkrb53

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