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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2012-114
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC handled initial authentication requests (AS-REQ). A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC via a specially-crafted AS-REQ request. (CVE-2012-1015 )A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the MIT Kerberos administration daemon, kadmind. A Kerberos administrator who has the create privilege could use this flaw to crash kadmind. (CVE-2012-1013 )
Solution
Solution
Run yum update krb5 to update your system.