[SECURITY] [DSA 2701-1] krb5 security update

Debian Security Advisory DSA-2701-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Gilbert
May 29, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : krb5
Vulnerability : denial of service
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2002-2443
Debian Bug : 708267

It was discovered that the kpasswd service running on UDP port 464
could respond to response packets, creating a packet loop and a denial
of service condition.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze7.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.1+dfsg-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 packages.

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