Issued:
2014-05-14
Updated:
2014-05-14

RHBA-2014:0494 - krb5 bug fix update

Synopsis

krb5 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated krb5 packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Kerberos is an authentication system which allows clients and services to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted third party, a Kerberos KDC.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, when the krb5 client library was waiting for a response from a server, the timeout variable in certain cases became a negative number. Consequently, the client could enter a loop while checking for responses. With this update, the client logic has been modified and the described error no longer occurs. (BZ#1095364)

Users of krb5 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc64.rpm
  • krb5-devel-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm
  • krb5-workstation-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
  • krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm
  • krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm
  • krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
  • krb5-server-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm
  • krb5-workstation-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm
  • krb5-server-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm
  • krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
  • krb5-libs-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm
  • krb5-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.src.rpm
  • krb5-workstation-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
  • krb5-workstation-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm
  • krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
  • krb5-libs-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
  • krb5-devel-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc64.rpm
  • krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm
  • krb5-devel-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm
  • krb5-devel-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
  • krb5-server-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
  • krb5-libs-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc64.rpm
  • krb5-libs-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm
  • krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm
  • krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm
  • krb5-server-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm
  • krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm
  • krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390.rpm
  • krb5-server-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
  • krb5-workstation-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm
  • krb5-libs-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm
  • krb5-libs-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
  • krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
  • krb5-devel-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390.rpm
  • krb5-libs-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.s390.rpm
  • krb5-devel-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
  • krb5-devel-1.6.1-71.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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