SUSE-SU-2015:1897-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:1897-1

    Published: 30 Oct 2015Last Modified: 2 May 2025

    Summary: Security update for krb5

    Details: krb5 was updated to fix three security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-2695: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established SPNEGO context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952188). - CVE-2015-2696: Applications which call gss_inquire_context() on a partially-established IAKERB context could have caused the GSS-API library to read from a pointer using the wrong type, generally causing a process crash. (bsc#952189). - CVE-2015-2697: Incorrect string handling in build_principal_va can lead to DOS (bsc#952190).

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/krb5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.12.1-19.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High