krb5 vulnerabilities

7 April 2009

krb5 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Software Description

• krb5

Details

Multiple flaws were discovered in the Kerberos GSS-API and ASN.1 routines that did not correctly handle certain requests. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash services using the Kerberos library, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10

libkadm55 - 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-3ubuntu0.1

libkrb53 - 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

libkadm55 - 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2ubuntu1.1

libkrb53 - 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 7.10

libkadm55 - 1.6.dfsg.1-7ubuntu0.2

libkrb53 - 1.6.dfsg.1-7ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

libkadm55 - 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.8

libkrb53 - 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.8

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any services using the Kerberos libraries to effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-0844
• CVE-2009-0845
• CVE-2009-0846
• CVE-2009-0847