USN-477-1: krb5 vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Details

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. (CVE-2007-2442)

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. (CVE-2007-2443)

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. (CVE-2007-2798)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.04

• libkadm55 - 1.4.4-5ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• libkadm55 - 1.4.3-9ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 6.06

• libkadm55 - 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.4

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-2442
• CVE-2007-2443
• CVE-2007-2798