Issued:

2010-11-10

Updated:

2010-11-10

RHSA-2010:0863 - Important: krb5 security update

Synopsis

Important: krb5 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated krb5 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a trusted third party, the Key Distribution Center (KDC).

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC handled TGS (Ticket-granting Server) request messages. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC or, possibly, disclose KDC memory or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the KDC (krb5kdc). (CVE-2010-1322)

Red Hat would like to thank the MIT Kerberos Team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Mike Roszkowski as the original reporter.

All krb5 users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, the krb5kdc daemon will be restarted automatically.

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.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• krb5-server-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• krb5-devel-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• krb5-pkinit-openssl-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• krb5-libs-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• krb5-libs-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
• krb5-server-ldap-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• krb5-pkinit-openssl-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• krb5-server-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• krb5-debuginfo-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
• krb5-workstation-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• krb5-debuginfo-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• krb5-pkinit-openssl-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• krb5-debuginfo-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• krb5-libs-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• krb5-debuginfo-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• krb5-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.src.rpm
• krb5-devel-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• krb5-server-ldap-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• krb5-server-ldap-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390.rpm
• krb5-server-ldap-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• krb5-debuginfo-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• krb5-libs-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc.rpm
• krb5-server-ldap-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• krb5-server-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• krb5-workstation-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• krb5-devel-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• krb5-debuginfo-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• krb5-server-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• krb5-server-ldap-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• krb5-libs-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• krb5-devel-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• krb5-libs-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
• krb5-devel-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• krb5-pkinit-openssl-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
• krb5-workstation-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
• krb5-workstation-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
• krb5-devel-1.8.2-3.el6_0.1.s390.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 636335

CVEs

• CVE-2010-1322

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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/.
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