- Issued:
- 2011-05-19
- Updated:
- 2011-05-19
RHBA-2011:0687 - krb5-appl bug fix update
Synopsis
krb5-appl bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated krb5-appl packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The krb5-appl package contains Kerberos-aware versions of telnet, ftp, rcp, rsh, and rlogin clients and servers. While these have been replaced by tools such as OpenSSH in most environments, they remain in use in others.
This update corrects the following bug:
- kshd, the Kerberos-aware version of rshd, unnecessarily failed if the name of the local user account being accessed was more than 16 characters long. This occurred despite the user name being accepted by klogind, the Kerberos-aware version of rlogind. In this update, kshd was modified to accept user names with the length of up to 32 characters as accepted by klogind. (BZ#632442)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated krb5-appl packages, which resolve this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- krb5-appl-clients-1.0.1-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
- krb5-appl-clients-1.0.1-2.el6.s390x.rpm
- krb5-appl-servers-1.0.1-2.el6.i686.rpm
- krb5-appl-1.0.1-2.el6.src.rpm
- krb5-appl-servers-1.0.1-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
- krb5-appl-debuginfo-1.0.1-2.el6.s390x.rpm
- krb5-appl-debuginfo-1.0.1-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
- krb5-appl-servers-1.0.1-2.el6.s390x.rpm
- krb5-appl-clients-1.0.1-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
- krb5-appl-servers-1.0.1-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
- krb5-appl-debuginfo-1.0.1-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
- krb5-appl-clients-1.0.1-2.el6.i686.rpm
- krb5-appl-debuginfo-1.0.1-2.el6.i686.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.