Summary
The remote host is missing an update to krb5
announced via advisory DSA 520-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20520-1
Insight
In their advisory MITKRB5-SA-2004-001, the MIT Kerberos announced the existence of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the krb5_aname_to_localname function. This function is only used if aname_to_localname is enabled in the configuration (this is not enabled by default).
For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.4-5woody5.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3-2.
We recommend that you update your krb5 package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0523 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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