Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for mit-krb5. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users and malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mit-krb5
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26783
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26783/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
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 users and
malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA26676
SOLUTION:
Update to "app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.5.3-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-01.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26676:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26676/
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