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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120029
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-208)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-208 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-208 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was found that kadmind's kpasswd service did not perform any validation on incoming network packets, causing it to reply to all requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send spoofed packets to a kpasswd service that appear to come from kadmind on a different server, causing the services to keep replying packets to each other, consuming network bandwidth and CPU. (CVE-2002-2443)

Affected Software/OS:
'krb5' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-2443
Debian Security Information: DSA-2701 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2701
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106698.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105879.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105978.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:166
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0942
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0942.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1119 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1122 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00007.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1
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