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Posted on 31 December 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-53
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: MIT Kerberos 5: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: December 31, 2014
Bugs: #516334, #517936, #519518, #523506
ID: 201412-53

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in MIT Kerberos 5, possibly resulting in
arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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MIT Kerberos 5 is a suite of applications that implement the Kerberos
network protocol.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-crypt/mit-krb5 < 1.13 >= 1.13

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======
A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the process or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.13"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4341
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4341
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-4343
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4343
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-4345
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4345
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-5351
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5351

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5



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