Buffer Overflow Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.8+dfsg~aa+r23527-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-KRB5-524547
- published 25 Dec 2011
- disclosed 25 Dec 2011
Introduced: 25 Dec 2011
CVE-2011-4862 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
krb5
to version 1.8+dfsg~aa+r23527-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5
package and not the krb5
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4862
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2372
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2373
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2375
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18280/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071627.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071640.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0172.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=665f1e73cdd9b38e2d2e11b8db9958a315935592
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006117.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006118.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006119.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006120.html
- http://osvdb.org/78020
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:08.telnetd.asc
- http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:08/telnetd.patch
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-008.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00015.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46239
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47341
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47357
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47359
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47373
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47441
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026460
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026463
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71970
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:195
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1851.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1852.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1853.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1854.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18369