Debian DSA-504-1 : heimdal - missing input sanitising

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15341

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Evgeny Demidov discovered a potential buffer overflow in a Kerberos 4 component of heimdal, a free implementation of Kerberos 5. The problem is present in kadmind, a server for administrative access to the Kerberos database. This problem could perhaps be exploited to cause the daemon to read a negative amount of data which could lead to unexpected behaviour.

Solution

Upgrade the heimdal and related packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4e-7.woody.9.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15341

File Name: debian_DSA-504.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:heimdal

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0434

BID: 10288

DSA: 504

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