Debian: DSA-4055-1: heimdal security update
Debian: DSA-4055-1: heimdal security update
Michael Eder and Thomas Kittel discovered that Heimdal, an implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos, did not correctly handle ASN.1 data. This would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash of
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4055-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond December 07, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : heimdal CVE ID : CVE-2017-17439 Debian Bug : 878144 Michael Eder and Thomas Kittel discovered that Heimdal, an implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos, did not correctly handle ASN.1 data. This would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash of the KDC daemon) by sending maliciously crafted packets. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 7.1.0+dfsg-13+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your heimdal packages. For the detailed security status of heimdal please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/heimdal Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.