Bug 161471 - krb5 krb5_principal_compare NULL pointer crash
Summary: krb5 krb5_principal_compare NULL pointer crash
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: krb5
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard: impact=moderate,embargo=20050712,sour...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-06-23 16:36 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-567
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-07-12 18:16:17 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Proposed patch for this issue (486 bytes, patch)
2005-06-23 16:36 UTC, Josh Bressers 		no flags Details | Diff
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Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:562 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: krb5 security update 2005-07-12 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:567 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: krb5 security update 2005-07-12 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2005-06-23 16:36:13 UTC 
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 16:36:13 UTC 
Created attachment 115882 [details]
Proposed patch for this issue
Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2005-06-23 16:38:18 UTC 
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 17:58:26 UTC 
removing embargo
Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-07-12 18:16:17 UTC 
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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