ALAS2-2022-1738

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-37750  

A flaw was found in krb5. The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 has a NULL pointer dereference via a FAST inner body that lacks a server field. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the Kerberos KDC server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-37750)

ALAS2-2022-1738


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1738
Advisory Release Date: 2022-01-18 21:37 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-01-20 19:32 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2021-37750 

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in krb5. The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 has a NULL pointer dereference via a FAST inner body that lacks a server field. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the Kerberos KDC server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-37750)


Affected Packages:

krb5


Issue Correction:
Run yum update krb5 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    krb5-devel-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64
    krb5-libs-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64
    krb5-server-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64
    krb5-server-ldap-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64
    krb5-workstation-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64
    krb5-pkinit-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64
    libkadm5-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64
    krb5-debuginfo-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.aarch64

i686:
    krb5-devel-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686
    krb5-libs-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686
    krb5-server-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686
    krb5-server-ldap-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686
    krb5-workstation-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686
    krb5-pkinit-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686
    libkadm5-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686
    krb5-debuginfo-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.i686

src:
    krb5-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.src

x86_64:
    krb5-devel-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64
    krb5-libs-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64
    krb5-server-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64
    krb5-server-ldap-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64
    krb5-workstation-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64
    krb5-pkinit-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64
    libkadm5-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64
    krb5-debuginfo-1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4.x86_64