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SUSE-SU-2017:2659-1 Not scored

Security update for krb5

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)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 9, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 krb5

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:2659-1

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)

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05 / REFERENCES

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