Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/6a3c3e5c-66cb-11e0-a116-c535f3aa24f0.html
Insight
The following package is affected: krb5
CVE-2011-0285
The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request that triggers an error condition.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0285 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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