Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the RPC library used by Kerberos' kadmind program by Tenable Network Security.
A remote unauthenticated user who could access kadmind would be able to trigger the flaw and cause it to crash (CVE-2007-3999).
This issue is only applicable to Kerberos 1.4 and higher.
Garrett Wollman found an uninitialized pointer vulnerability in kadmind which a remote unauthenticated attacker able to access kadmind could exploit to cause kadmind to crash (CVE-2007-4000).
This issue is only applicable to Kerberos 1.5 and higher.
Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.
Affected
krb5 on Mandriva Linux 2007.0,
Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-3999, CVE-2007-4000 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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