metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-05.xml

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<glsa id="200501-05">
  <title>mit-krb5: Heap overflow in libkadm5srv</title>
  <synopsis>
    The MIT Kerberos 5 administration library (libkadm5srv) contains a heap
    overflow that could lead to execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mit-krb5</product>
  <announced>January 05, 2005</announced>
  <revised>January 05, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>75143</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-crypt/mit-krb5" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.3.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    MIT krb5 is the free implementation of the Kerberos network
    authentication protocol by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The MIT Kerberos 5 administration library libkadm5srv contains a
    heap overflow in the code handling password changing.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    Under specific circumstances an attacker could execute arbitary
    code with the permissions of the user running mit-krb5, which could be
    the root user.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All mit-krb5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.3.6&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1189">CAN 2004-1189</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:16:36 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:47:37 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed,  5 Jan 2005 19:34:46 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>