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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702701
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2701-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'krb5' package(s) announced via the DSA-2701-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'krb5' package(s) announced via the DSA-2701-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

Affected Software/OS:
'krb5' package(s) on Debian 6, Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-2443
Debian Security Information: DSA-2701 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2701
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106698.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105879.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105978.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:166
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0942
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0942.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1119 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1122 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00007.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1
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