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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: krb5 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1853-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1853.html
Issue date: 2011-12-28
CVE Names: CVE-2011-4862
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1. Summary:
Updated krb5 packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extended Life Cycle Support, 5.3 Long Life and
5.6 Extended Update Support
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS) - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS) - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64
3. Description:
Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and
servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and a
trusted third-party, the Key Distribution Center (KDC).
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the MIT krb5 telnet daemon (telnetd).
A remote attacker who can access the telnet port of a target machine could
use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2011-4862)
Note that the krb5 telnet daemon is not enabled by default in any version
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In addition, the default firewall rules block
remote access to the telnet port. This flaw does not affect the telnet
daemon distributed in the telnet-server package.
For users who have installed the krb5-workstation package, have enabled the
telnet daemon, and have it accessible remotely, this update should be
applied immediately.
All krb5-workstation users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
4. Solution:
The krb5 telnet daemon is an xinetd service. You can determine if krb5
telnetd is enabled with the commands:
/sbin/chkconfig --list krb5-telnet
/sbin/chkconfig --list ekrb5-telnet
The output of these commands will display "on" if krb5 telnet is enabled.
krb5 telnet daemon can be immediately disabled with the commands:
/sbin/chkconfig krb5-telnet off
/sbin/chkconfig ekrb5-telnet off
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
770325 - CVE-2011-4862 krb5: remote buffer overflow in kerberized telnet daemon
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS):
Source:
krb5-1.2.7-73.src.rpm
i386:
krb5-debuginfo-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-devel-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-server-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS):
Source:
krb5-1.2.7-73.src.rpm
i386:
krb5-debuginfo-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-devel-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-server-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.2.7-73.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server):
Source:
krb5-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.src.rpm
i386:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
ia64:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.ia64.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.ia64.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.ia64.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.ia64.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-31.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server):
Source:
krb5-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.src.rpm
i386:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
ia64:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm
krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ia64.rpm
ppc:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc64.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc64.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc64.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm
krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.ppc.rpm
s390x:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390.rpm
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm
krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-debuginfo-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-devel-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.i386.rpm
krb5-libs-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
krb5-server-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
krb5-server-ldap-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-55.el5_6.3.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-4862.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-008.txt
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
