Debian: DSA-2701-1 Moderate: Krb5 Denial Of Service Management
debian
June 2, 2013
It was discovered that the kpasswd service running on UDP port 464 could respond to response packets, creating a packet loop and a denial of service condition
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Summary
It was discovered that the kpasswd service running on UDP port 464
could respond to response packets, creating a packet loop and a denial
of service condition.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze7.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u1.
For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.1+dfsg-6.
We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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CVE ID: CVE-2002-2443
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