Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200709-01 (mit-krb5)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200709-01.
Solution
All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.5.3-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200709-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191301
Insight
Two vulnerabilites have been found in MIT Kerberos 5, which could allow a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.