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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840781
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1233-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the USN-1233-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the USN-1233-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Nalin Dahyabhai, Andrej Ota and Kyle Moffett discovered a NULL
pointer dereference in the KDC LDAP backend. An unauthenticated
remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This
issue affected Ubuntu 11.10. (CVE-2011-1527)

Mark Deneen discovered that an assert() could be triggered in the
krb5_ldap_lockout_audit() function in the KDC LDAP backend and
the krb5_db2_lockout_audit() function in the KDC DB2 backend. An
unauthenticated remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2011-1528)

It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference could occur in the
lookup_lockout_policy() function in the KDC LDAP and DB2 backends.
An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2011-1529)

Affected Software/OS:
'krb5' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1527
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#659251
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659251
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:159
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1379.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1528
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:160
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:1169 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-10/msg00009.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1529
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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