mit-krb5: Heap overflow in libkadm5srv

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-crypt/mit-krb5	< 1.3.6	>= 1.3.6	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #75143

The MIT Kerberos 5 administration library (libkadm5srv) contains a heap overflow that could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

MIT krb5 is the free implementation of the Kerberos network authentication protocol by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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

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

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time.

All mit-krb5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.3.6"

4. References

Page updated January 05, 2005

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