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Alpine: multiple heimdal packages: security update to 1.4-r9 (deprecated)
critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401232
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5
Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly
other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited
in the wild in December 2011. (CVE-2011-4862)
See Also
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2a47152a439b9747205655ca71541a917bbc6157
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f81ee55cee797b4203340cebc3f15691ac93faeb
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 401232
Version: Revision 1.26
Type: Local
Published: 8/16/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
Percentile: 99.76
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4862
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2011
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Linux BSD-derived Telnet Service Encryption Key ID Buffer Overflow)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4862
BID: 51182