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krb5: double-free flaw

Package(s):krb5 CVE #(s):CAN-2004-0175 CAN-2005-0488 CAN-2005-1175 CAN-2005-1689
Created:July 12, 2005 Updated:December 6, 2005
Description: The krb5 authentication has a double-free flaw which may be initiated by a remote unauthenticated attacker. Also, a single byte heap overflow in the krb5_unparse_name() function can lead to a denial of service and an information disclosure may be caused by a malicious telnet server. See This report for more information.
Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-224-1 2005-12-06
Debian DSA-757-1 2005-07-17
Trustix TSLSA-2005-0036 2005-07-14
Mandriva MDKSA-2005:119 2005-07-13
SuSE SUSE-SR:2005:017 2005-07-13
Gentoo 200507-11 2005-07-12
Fedora FEDORA-2005-553 2005-07-12
Red Hat RHSA-2005:562-01 2005-07-12
Fedora FEDORA-2005-552 2005-07-12
Red Hat RHSA-2005:567-02 2005-07-12
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