Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831381
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandriva Update for krb5 MDVSA-2011:077 (krb5)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been found and corrected in krb5: The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request that triggers an error condition (CVE-2011-0285). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. Affected Software/OS: krb5 on Mandriva Linux 2010.1, Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64 Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0285 BugTraq ID: 47310 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47310 Bugtraq: 20110413 MITKRB5-SA-2011-004 kadmind invalid pointer free() [CVE-2011-0285] (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517484/100/0/threaded http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:077 http://osvdb.org/71789 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0447.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025320 http://secunia.com/advisories/44125 http://secunia.com/advisories/44181 http://secunia.com/advisories/44196 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8200 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:0348 (Google Search) https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0936 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0986 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0997
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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