USN-7314-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities

3 March 2025

Several security issues were fixed in Kerberos.

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Releases

Packages

  • krb5 - MIT Kerberos Network Authentication Protocol

Details

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Kerberos to consume memory,leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-26458,
CVE-2024-26461)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Kerberos to consume memory,leading to a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-26462)

It was discovered that the Kerberos kadmind daemon incorrectly handled log
files when incremental propagation was enabled. An authenticated attacker
could use this issue to cause kadmind to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-24528)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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