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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-23
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Heimdal: Kerberos 4 buffer overflow in kadmin
Date: May 27, 2004
Bugs: #50208
ID: 200405-23
Synopsis
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A possible buffer overflow in the Kerberos 4 component of Heimdal has
been discovered.
Background
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Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-crypt/heimdal < 0.6.2 >= 0.6.2
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A buffer overflow was discovered in kadmind, a server for
administrative access to the Kerberos database.
Impact
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By sending a specially formatted message to kadmind, a remote attacker
may be able to cra...
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