Debian 3.0 DSA-703-1 Critical: Krb5 Remote Code Execution

Gaël Delalleau discovered a buffer overflow in the env_opt_add()
function that allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

CAN-2005-0469

Gaël Delalleau discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the
LINEMODE suboptions in telnet clients. This can lead to the
execution of arbitrary code when connected to a malicious server.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.2.4-5woody8.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.3.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the...