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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0536
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0536)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0536 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'krb5' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0536 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated krb5 packages fix security vulnerability:

In MIT krb5, when kadmind is configured to use LDAP for the KDC
database, an authenticated remote attacker can cause a NULL dereference
by attempting to use a named ticket policy object as a password policy
for a principal. The attacker needs to be authenticated as a user who
has the elevated privilege for setting password policy by adding or
modifying principals (CVE-2014-5353).

Affected Software/OS:
'krb5' package(s) on Mageia 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
3.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-5353
BugTraq ID: 71679
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71679
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155828.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:009
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0439
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0794
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031376
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0542 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1
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