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-2011-003.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7edac52a-66cd-11e0-9398-5d45f3aa24f0.html
Insight
The following package is affected: krb5
CVE-2011-0284
Double free vulnerability in the prepare_error_as function in do_as_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9, when the PKINIT feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an e_data field containing typed data.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0284 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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