1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200701-21 / mit-krb5 |
| Release Date | January 24, 2007 |
| Latest Revision | January 24, 2007: 01 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-crypt/mit-krb5 | < 1.5.2 | >= 1.5.2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #158810
Multiple vulnerabilities in MIT Kerberos 5 could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.
MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos network protocol.
The Kerberos administration daemon, and possibly other applications using the GSS-API or RPC libraries, could potentially call a function pointer in a freed heap buffer, or attempt to free an uninitialized pointer.
A remote attacker may be able to crash an affected application, or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.5.2" |