Ubuntu Security Notice 477-1 - Wei Wang discovered that the krb5 RPC library did not correctly handle certain error conditions. A remote attacker could cause kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer, leading to a denial of service or possibly execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. Wei Wang discovered that the krb5 RPC library did not correctly check the size of certain communications. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to kadmind and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. It was discovered that the kadmind service could be made to overflow its stack. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
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