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Kerberos kadmind xprt->xp_auth Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23696
Release Date: 2007-01-10
Popularity: 10,697 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Kerberos 5.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Kerberos, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of xprt->xp_auth pointers when freeing structures in memory. This can be exploited to crash the daemon or execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted kerberos packet.

The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* krb5-1.4 through krb5-1.4.4
* krb5-1.5 through krb5-1.5.1

Other versions may also be affected.

Change Page:
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