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A krb5 security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: krb5-1.18.2-31.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-f2c8514f02
2021-08-27 18:55:25.463086
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Name : krb5
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 1.18.2
Release : 31.fc33
URL :   https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
Summary : The Kerberos network authentication system
Description :
Kerberos V5 is a trusted-third-party network authentication system,
which can improve your network's security by eliminating the insecure
practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form.

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Update Information:

- CVE-2021-37750 (explicit NULL deref on KDC)
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Aug 19 2021 Robbie Harwood - 1.18.2-31
- Fix KDC null deref on TGS inner body null server (CVE-2021-37750)
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-f2c8514f02' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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