--nextPart1357599.F0LrsICqNZ
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200704-02
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
http://security.gentoo.org/ 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

  Severity: High
     Title: MIT Kerberos 5: Arbitrary remote code execution
      Date: April 03, 2007
      Bugs: #171889
        ID: 200704-02

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Synopsis
=======
Multiple vulnerabilities in MIT Kerberos 5 could potentially result in
unauthenticated remote root code execution.

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

Affected packages
================
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  app-crypt/mit-krb5     < 1.5.2-r1                     >= 1.5.2-r1

Description
==========
The Kerberos telnet daemon fails to properly handle usernames allowing
unauthorized access to any account (CVE-2007-0956). The Kerberos
administration daemon, the KDC and possibly other applications using
the MIT Kerberos libraries are vulnerable to the following issues. The
krb5_klog_syslog function from the kadm5 library fails to properly
validate input leading to a stack overflow (CVE-2007-0957). The GSS-API
library is vulnerable to a double-free attack (CVE-2007-1216).

Impact
=====
By exploiting the telnet vulnerability a remote attacker may obtain
access with root privileges. The remaining vulnerabilities may allow an
authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root
privileges.

Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
=========
All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.5.2-r1"

References
=========
  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-0956
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0956 
  [ 2 ] CVE-2007-0957
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0957 
  [ 3 ] CVE-2007-1216
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1216 

Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml 

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 
http://bugs.gentoo.org. 

License
======
Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 

--nextPart1357599.F0LrsICqNZ
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQBGEsRlzKC5hMHO6rkRAo0zAJ48+hiJL5JpcaGvdV2pu9PDG79itACdGcjO
b2MNOSS76C0sywEouPXsG9o=jM5x
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--nextPart1357599.F0LrsICqNZ--