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Gentoo: GLSA-200803-31 High Severity: MIT Kerberos Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2008
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Issues in MIT Kerberos 5 create potential for remote exploits. Implement updates to mitigate security threats. Access further information in the advisory.
Multiple vulnerabilites have been found in MIT Kerberos 5, which could allow a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-31 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 24, 2008 Bugs: #199205, #212363 ID: 200803-31

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilites have been found in MIT Kerberos 5, which could allow a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Background ========= MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos network protocol. kadmind is the MIT Kerberos 5 administration daemon, KDC is the Key Distribution Center.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-crypt/mit-krb5 < 1.6.3-r1 >= 1.6.3-r1
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