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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-3999: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-3999: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/05/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
06/15/2020

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the svcauth_gss_validate function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library (librpcsecgss) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.2, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and some third-party applications that use krb5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and probably execute arbitrary code via a long string in an RPC message.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-mit-krb5
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-libs-librpcsecgss

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