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Debian Security Advisory DSA 629-1 (krb5)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to krb5 announced via advisory DSA 629-1.

Insight

Insight

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the MIT Kerberos 5 administration library (libkadm5srv) that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code upon exploition by an authenticated user, not necessarily one with administrative privileges. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.4-5woody7. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6-1. We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 packages.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20629-1

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