Important: krb5 security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-42898  

Synopsis

Important: krb5 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for krb5 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form. It allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted third party, the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC).

Security Fix(es):

  • krb5: integer overflow vulnerabilities in PAC parsing (CVE-2022-42898)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the updated packages, running Kerberos services (krb5kdc, kadmin, and kprop) will be restarted automatically.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.0 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.0 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2140960 - CVE-2022-42898 krb5: integer overflow vulnerabilities in PAC parsing