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GLSA-200701-21 : MIT Kerberos 5: Arbitrary Remote Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 24257

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-21 (MIT Kerberos 5: Arbitrary Remote Code Execution)

 The Kerberos administration daemon, and possibly other applications using the GSS-API or RPC libraries, could potentially call a function pointer in a freed heap buffer, or attempt to free an uninitialized pointer.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker may be able to crash an affected application, or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.5.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-21

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24257

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200701-21.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 1/26/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mit-krb5, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6143, CVE-2006-6144

GLSA: 200701-21