Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for krb5. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for krb5
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29423
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for krb5. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA29428
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29428:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428/
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