Product Errata

RLSA-2022:8638

Important: krb5 security update

Topic

An update is available for krb5.

This update affects Rocky Linux 8.

A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

Description

Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form. It allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted third party, the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC).

Security Fix(es):

* krb5: integer overflow vulnerabilities in PAC parsing (CVE-2022-42898)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Issued: 11/28/2022

Type: Security

Severity: Important

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 8

References

  • No references