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Ubuntu Update for krb5 vulnerabilities USN-477-1

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/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

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-477-1

Insight

Insight

Wei Wang discovered that the krb5 RPC library did not correctly handle certain error conditions. A remote attacker could cause kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer, leading to a denial of service or possibly execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2007-2442) Wei Wang discovered that the krb5 RPC library did not correctly check the size of certain communications. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to kadmind and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2007-2443) It was discovered that the kadmind service could be made to overflow its stack. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2007-2798)

Affected Software

Affected Software

krb5 vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10 , Ubuntu 7.04

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)