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FreeBSD Ports: krb5
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: krb5 CVE-2011-0285 The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request that triggers an error condition.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.