[ GLSA 200404-09 ] Cross-realm trust vulnerability in Heimd

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200404-09
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Severity: Normal
Title: Cross-realm trust vulnerability in Heimdal

Date: April 09, 2004
Bugs: #46590
ID: 200404-09

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Synopsis
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Heimdal contains cross-realm vulnerability allowing someone with
control over a realm to impersonate anyone in the cross-realm trust
path.

Background
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Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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app-crypt/heimdal <= 0.6.0 >= 0.6.1

Description
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Heimdal does not properly perform certain consistency checks for
cross-realm requests, which allows remote attackers with control of a
realm to impersonate others in the cross-realm trust path.

Impact
======

Remote attackers with control of a realm may be able to impersonate
other users in the cross-realm trust path.

Workaround
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A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are
advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.

Resolution
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Heimdal users should upgrade to version 0.6.1 or later:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.6.1"
# emerge ">=app-crypt/heimdal-0.6.1"

References
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[ 1 ] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2004-0371

Concerns?
=========

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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-09.xml

Copyright/License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.

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