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MiracleLinux 3 : krb5-1.6.1-63.AXS3 (AXSA:2012-05:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 291476

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2012-05:01 advisory.

 Kerberos V5 is a trusted-third-party network authentication system, which can improve your network's security by eliminating the insecure practice of cleartext passwords.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2011-4862 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, and Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/2494

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 291476

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-05.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-workstation, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-devel, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:krb5-server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4862