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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-19
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Severity: High
Title: Heimdal: ftpd root escalation
Date: September 16, 2004
Bugs: #61412
ID: 200409-19
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Synopsis
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Several bugs exist in the Heimdal ftp daemon which could allow a remote
attacker to gain root privileges.
Background
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Heimdal is an implementation of Kerberos 5.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-crypt/heimdal < 0.6.3 >= 0.6.3
Description
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Przemyslaw Frasunek discovered several flaws in lukemftpd, which also
apply to Heimdal ftpd's out-of-band signal handling code.
Additionally, a potential vulnerability that could lead to Denial of
Service by the Key Distribution Center (KDC) has been fixed in this
version.
Impact
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A remote attacker could be able to run arbitrary code with escalated
privileges, which can result in a total compromise of the server.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.6.3"
# emerge ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.6.3"
References
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[ 1 ] Heimdal advisory
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2004-09-13/
[ 2 ] Advisory by Przemyslaw Frasunek
http://www.frasunek.com/lukemftpd.txt
[ 3 ] CAN-2004-0794
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0794
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-19.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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