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FreeBSD Ports: krb5, krb5-beta
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: krb5 krb5-beta CVE-2004-1189 The add_to_history function in svr_principal.c in libkadm5srv for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.3.5, when performing a password change, does not properly track the password policy's history count and the maximum number of keys, which can cause an array index out-of-bounds error and may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a heap-based buffer overflow.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-004-pwhist.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/0bb7677d-52f3-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html