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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68185
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-999-1 (krb5)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to krb5
announced via advisory USN-999-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Ubuntu 10.10

Details follow:

Mike Roszkowski discovered that the Kerberos KDC did not correctly
validate the contents of certain messages. If an authenticated remote
attacker sent specially crafted TGS requests, the KDC service would crash,
leading to a denial of service.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
krb5-kdc 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 10.10:
krb5-kdc 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-999-1

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1322
BugTraq ID: 43756
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43756
Bugtraq: 20101005 MITKRB5-SA-2010-006 [CVE-2010-1322] KDC uninitialized pointer crash in authorization data handling (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514144/100/0/threaded
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:202
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0863.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:019 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-999-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2865
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