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Gentoo: GLSA-201412-53 Normal: MIT Kerberos 5 Critical Code Risk

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Calendar Grey December 31, 2014
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Gentoo advisory: MIT Kerberos 5 flaw alert; users must upgrade to mitigate potential code execution and denial of service (DoS) threats.
A vulnerability has been found in MIT Kerberos 5, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update code execution Denial of Service

Resolution

All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.13"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4341 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4341 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-4343 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4343 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-4345 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4345 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-5351 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5351

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-53
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: MIT Kerberos 5: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: December 31, 2014
Bugs: #516334, #517936, #519518, #523506
ID: 201412-53

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update code execution Denial of Service

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in MIT Kerberos 5, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Background

MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos network protocol.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-crypt/mit-krb5 < 1.13 >= 1.13

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.