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Debian DSA-520-1 : krb5 - buffer overflows

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15357

Synopsis

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

Description

In their advisory MITKRB5-SA-2004-001, the MIT Kerberos announced the existence of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the krb5_aname_to_localname function. This function is only used if aname_to_localname is enabled in the configuration (this is not enabled by default).

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.4-5woody5.

We recommend that you update your krb5 package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-520

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15357

File Name: debian_DSA-520.nasl

Version: 1.22

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5, 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: 6/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0523

BID: 10448

DSA: 520