[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0019-1: important: krb5-appl: Fixed remote buffer overflow in ktelnetd

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openSUSE Security Update: krb5-appl: Fixed remote buffer overflow in ktelnetd

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0019-1

Rating: important

References: #698471 #738632

Cross-References: CVE-2011-4862

Affected Products:

openSUSE 11.4

openSUSE 11.3

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata

is now available.

 

Description:

 

This update of krb5 applications fixes two security issues.

 

CVE-2011-4862: A remote code execution in the kerberized

telnet daemon was fixed. (This only affects the ktelnetd

from the krb5-appl RPM, not the regular telnetd supplied by

SUSE.)

 

CVE-2011-1526 / MITKRB5-SA-2011-005: Fixed krb5 ftpd

unauthorized file access problems.

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 11.4:

 

zypper in -t patch krb5-appl-5593

 

- openSUSE 11.3:

 

zypper in -t patch krb5-appl-5593

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

 

krb5-appl-clients-1.0-7.12.1

krb5-appl-servers-1.0-7.12.1

 

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

 

krb5-appl-clients-1.0-4.5.1

krb5-appl-servers-1.0-4.5.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4862.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/698471

https://bugzilla.novell.com/738632

 

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