GLSA 201201-13: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:high
Title:MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:01/23/2012
Bugs: #303723, #308021, #321935, #323525, #339866, #347369, #352859, #359129, #363507, #387585, #393429
ID:201201-13

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MIT Kerberos 5, the most severe of which may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos network protocol.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-crypt/mit-krb5 < 1.9.2-r1 >= 1.9.2-r1 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the administration daemon or the Key Distribution Center (KDC) daemon, cause a Denial of Service condition, or possibly obtain sensitive information. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof Kerberos authorization, modify KDC responses, forge user data messages, forge tokens, forge signatures, impersonate a client, modify user-visible prompt text, or have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.9.2-r1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201201-13.xml

Concerns?

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License

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