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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a2fe3d71 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200405-23"> + <title>Heimdal: Kerberos 4 buffer overflow in kadmin</title> + <synopsis> + A possible buffer overflow in the Kerberos 4 component of Heimdal has been + discovered. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Heimdal</product> + <announced>May 27, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 27, 2004: 01</revised> + <bug>50208</bug> + <access>remote </access> + <affected> + <package name="app-crypt/heimdal" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.6.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + A buffer overflow was discovered in kadmind, a server for administrative + access to the Kerberos database. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + By sending a specially formatted message to kadmind, a remote attacker may + be able to crash kadmind causing a denial of service, or execute arbitrary + code with the permissions of the kadmind process. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + For a temporary workaround, providing you do not require Kerberos 4 + support, you may turn off Kerberos 4 kadmin by running kadmind with the + --no-kerberos4 option. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest stable version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.6.2" + # emerge ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.6.2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2004-05-06/">Heimdal 0.6.2 Release Notice</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0434">CAN-2004-0434</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |