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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mit-krb5

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24735

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for mit-krb5. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions and by malicious users to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA24740

SOLUTION:
Update to "app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.5.2-r1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24740:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740/

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