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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704648
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4648-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libpam-krb5' package(s) announced via the DSA-4648-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libpam-krb5' package(s) announced via the DSA-4648-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Russ Allbery discovered a buffer overflow in the PAM module for MIT Kerberos, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.7-4+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-krb5 packages.

For the detailed security status of libpam-krb5 please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'libpam-krb5' package(s) on Debian 9, Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-10595
Debian Security Information: DSA-4648 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4648
https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/pam-krb5/security/2020-03-30.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00000.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4314-1/
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