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Posted on 21 November 2020
Debian Security Advisory- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Security Advisory DSA-4795-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 21, 2020 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : krb5
CVE ID : CVE-2020-28196
Demi Obeneour discovered that unbounded recursion in the ASN1 parser
of libkrb5 could result in denial of service.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.17-3+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 packages.
For the detailed security status of krb5 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/krb5
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
