<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <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>2005-01-05</announced> <revised count="01">2005-01-05</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 ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.3.6"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1189">CAN 2004-1189</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2004-12-30T15:16:36Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-12-30T19:47:37Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-01-05T19:34:46Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>