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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54177
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2005:040 (heimdal)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory SUSE-SA:2005:040.

A remote buffer overflow has been fixed in the heimdal / kerberos
telnetd daemon which could lead to a remote user executing code as
root by overflowing a buffer.

This attack requires the use of the kerberized telnetd of the heimdal
suite, which is not used by default on SUSE systems.

This is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-2040.

Solution:
Update your system with the packages as indicated in
the referenced security advisory.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SUSE-SA:2005:040

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2040
Debian Security Information: DSA-758 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/15718
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:040 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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