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-2004-002-dblfree.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/86a98b57-fb8e-11d8-9343-000a95bc6fae.html
Insight
The following package is affected: krb5
CVE-2004-0642
Double-free vulnerabilities in the error handling code for ASN.1 decoders in the (1) Key Distribution Center (KDC) library and (2) client library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.4 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2004-0643
Double-free vulnerability in the krb5_rd_cred function for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.1 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2004-0772
Double-free vulnerabilities in error handling code in krb524d for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.8 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0642, CVE-2004-0643, CVE-2004-0772 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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