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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200406-21 (mit-krb5)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Gentoo 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

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200406-21.

Insight

Insight

mit-krb5 contains multiple buffer overflows in the function krb5_aname_to_localname(). This could potentially lead to a complete remote system compromise.

Solution

Solution

mit-krb5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.3.3-r1' # emerge '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.3.3-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200406-21 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52744 http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-001-an_to_ln.txt

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