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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54369
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-758-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'heimdal' package(s) announced via the DSA-758-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'heimdal' package(s) announced via the DSA-758-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer overflow has been discovered in the telnet server from Heimdal, a free implementation of Kerberos 5, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4e-7.woody.10.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.3-10sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.3-11.

We recommend that you upgrade your heimdal packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'heimdal' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

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
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