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