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Medium ALAS2-2022-1738 1 CVE

Moderate: krb5 security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jan 18, 2022 · Updated Jan 20, 2022

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-37750: A flaw was found in krb5. The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 has a NULL pointer dereference via a FAST inner body that lacks a server field. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the Kerberos KDC server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 krb5-debuginfo 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 krb5-devel 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 krb5-libs 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 krb5-pkinit 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 krb5-server 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 krb5-server-ldap 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 krb5-workstation 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4
Amazon Linux · 2 libkadm5 0:1.15.1-37.amzn2.2.4

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-37750.html