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GLSA-200501-05 : mit-krb5: Heap overflow in libkadm5srv

high Nessus Plugin ID 16396

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-200501-05 (mit-krb5: Heap overflow in libkadm5srv)

 The MIT Kerberos 5 administration library libkadm5srv contains a heap overflow in the code handling password changing.
 Impact :

 Under specific circumstances an attacker could execute arbitary code with the permissions of the user running mit-krb5, which could be the root user.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All mit-krb5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.3.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16396

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-05.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/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: 1/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1189

GLSA: 200501-05