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GLSA-200506-24 : Heimdal: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18590

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-200506-24 (Heimdal: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities)

 It has been reported that the 'getterminaltype' function of Heimdal's telnetd server is vulnerable to buffer overflows.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the permission of the telnetd server program.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/heimdal-0.6.5'

See Also

https://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-24

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18590

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200506-24.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 6/29/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:heimdal, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2040

GLSA: 200506-24