RLSA-2023:6699
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:6699
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:6699.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2023:6699
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-05-28T15:43:06.024531Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-28T16:00:08.611543769Z
- Severity
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- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Moderate: krb5 security and bug fix update
- Details
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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: Denial of service through freeing uninitialized pointer (CVE-2023-36054)
krb5: double-free in KDC TGS processing (CVE-2023-39975)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:9 / krb5
Package
- Name
- krb5
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/krb5?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0