Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information, cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. These issues are caused by errors in krb5. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0922

Affected Products

Debian GNU/Linux sarge
Debian GNU/Linux etch

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux sarge - Upgrade to krb5 version 1.3.6-2sarge6
Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to krb5 version 1.4.4-7etch5

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0932
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00091.html

ChangeLog

2008-03-19 : Initial release

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