Summary
The remote host is missing an update to heimdal
announced via advisory DSA 758-1.
A buffer overflow has been discovered in the telnet server from Heimdal, a free implementation of Kerberos 5, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4e-7.woody.10.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.3-10sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.3-11.
We recommend that you upgrade your heimdal packages.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20758-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2040 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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