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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201202-05.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201202-05">
<title>Heimdal: Arbitrary code execution</title>
<synopsis>A boundary error in Heimdal could result in execution of arbitrary
code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">heimdal</product>
<announced>February 22, 2012</announced>
<revised>February 22, 2012: 1</revised>
<bug>396105</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-crypt/heimdal" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.5.1-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.5.1-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A boundary error in the "encrypt_keyid()" function in
appl/telnet/libtelnet/encrypt.c of the telnet daemon and client could
cause a buffer overflow.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the telnet daemon or client, or
cause Denial of Service.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-crypt/heimdal-1.5.1-r1"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4862">CVE-2011-4862</uri>
</references>
<metadata timestamp="Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:55:41 +0000" tag="requester">ago</metadata>
<metadata timestamp="Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:56:26 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>