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Gentoo: GLSA 201611-14 Critical: OpenSSL Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Important alert for Gentoo regarding vulnerabilities in MIT Kerberos 5 that may lead to potential Denial of Service issues. Immediate upgrade is advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo critical software update mit kerberos 5

Resolution

All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.13.2-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-2695 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2695 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-2696 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2696 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-2697 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2697

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14
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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: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 20, 2016
Bugs: #564304
ID: 201611-14

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

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 < 1.13.2-r2 >= 1.13.2-r2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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