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Gentoo: GLSA-200409-09 High Severity: MIT krb5 Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2004
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Serious vulnerabilities detected in MIT krb5 for Gentoo users; immediate updates required to avert potential threats. Take action now!
MIT krb5 contains several double-free vulnerabilities, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code, as well as a denial of service vulnerability

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-09 https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: High
     Title: MIT krb5: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: September 06, 2004
      Bugs: #62417
        ID: 200409-09


Synopsis
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MIT krb5 contains several double-free vulnerabilities, potentially
allowing the execution of arbitrary code, as well as a denial of
service vulnerability.

Background
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MIT krb5 is the free implementation of the Kerberos network
authentication protocol by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Affected packages
================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-crypt/mit-krb5 < 1.3.4 >= 1.3.4

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