Bug 161471 – krb5 krb5_principal_compare NULL pointer crash

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Bug 161471 - krb5 krb5_principal_compare NULL pointer crash

Summary:	krb5 krb5_principal_compare NULL pointer crash

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	krb5 (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	4.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2005-06-23 12:36 EDT by Josh Bressers
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-567
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2005-07-12 14:16:17 EDT
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Proposed patch for this issue (486 bytes, patch) 2005-06-23 12:36 EDT, Josh Bressers	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2005:562	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: krb5 security update	2005-07-12 00:00:00 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2005:567	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: krb5 security update	2005-07-12 00:00:00 EDT

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Description Josh Bressers 2005-06-23 12:36:13 EDT

Suse reported krb5 crashes while comparing principals using
"krb5_principal_compare" because it doesn't check for NULL pointers.

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-06-23 12:36:13 EDT

Created attachment 115882 [details]
Proposed patch for this issue

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2005-06-23 12:38:18 EDT

This issue may also affect RHEL2.1 and RHEL3.

I'm not completely sure what's all affected by this, if I have time later I'll
verify it.

Comment 4 Mark J. Cox 2005-07-12 13:58:26 EDT

removing embargo

Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-07-12 14:16:17 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html

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