SUSE-SU-2017:2659-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:2659-1

    Published: 9 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-11462

    Summary: Security update for krb5

    Details: This update for krb5 fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-11462: Prevent automatic security context deletion to prevent double-free (bsc#1056995) These non-security issues were fixed: - Set 'rdns' and 'dns_canonicalize_hostname' to false in krb5.conf in order to improve client security in handling service principle names. (bsc#1054028) - Prevent kadmind.service startup failure caused by absence of LDAP service. (bsc#903543) - Remove main package's dependency on systemd (bsc#1032680)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172659-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032680, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1054028, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056995, https://bugzilla.suse.com/903543, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11462

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/krb5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.12.5-40.13.1

    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