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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63394
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1722-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libpam-heimdal' package(s) announced via the DSA-1722-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libpam-heimdal' package(s) announced via the DSA-1722-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Derek Chan discovered that the PAM module for the Heimdal Kerberos implementation allows reinitialisation of user credentials when run from a setuid context, resulting in potential local denial of service by overwriting the credential cache file or to local privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5-1etch1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.10-2.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-heimdal package.

Affected Software/OS:
'libpam-heimdal' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0361
BugTraq ID: 33741
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33741
Bugtraq: 20090211 pam-krb5 security advisory (3.12 and earlier) (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500892/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1721 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1721
Debian Security Information: DSA-1722 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1722
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-39.xml
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2009-02-11.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5403
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5521
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021711
http://secunia.com/advisories/33914
http://secunia.com/advisories/33917
http://secunia.com/advisories/33918
http://secunia.com/advisories/34260
http://secunia.com/advisories/34449
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-719-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0410
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0426
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0979
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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