Debian DSA-476-1 : heimdal - cross-realm

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15313

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

According to a security advisory from the heimdal project, heimdal, a suite of software implementing the Kerberos protocol, has 'a cross-realm vulnerability allowing someone with control over a realm to impersonate anyone in the cross-realm trust path.'

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4e-7.woody.8.1.

We recommend that you update your heimdal package.

See Also

http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2004-04-01/

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-476

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15313

File Name: debian_DSA-476.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:heimdal, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0371

BID: 10035

DSA: 476