vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-44758: Heimdal: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 26, 2022
Added
Oct 10, 2023
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Heimdal before 7.7.1 allows attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference in a SPNEGO acceptor via a preferred_mech_type of GSS_C_NO_OID and a nonzero initial_response value to send_accept.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-heimdal
Title
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