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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63715
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:082 (krb5)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to krb5;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:082.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to krb5
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:082.

Vulnerability Insight:
The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in
lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.3,
when SPNEGO is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via invalid
ContextFlags data in the reqFlags field in a negTokenInit token
(CVE-2009-0845).

This update provides the fix for that security issue.

Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

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-2009-0845
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 34257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34257
Bugtraq: 20090407 MITKRB5-SA-2009-001: multiple vulnerabilities in SPNEGO, ASN.1 decoder [CVE-2009-0844 CVE-2009-0845 CVE-2009-0847] (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502526/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20090407 rPSA-2009-0058-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#662091
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:082
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10044
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6449
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021867
http://secunia.com/advisories/34347
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0847
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248
XForce ISS Database: kerberos-spnego-dos(49448)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49448
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