DSA-4648-1 libpam-krb5 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4648-1 libpam-krb5 -- security update

Date Reported:

31 Mar 2020

Affected Packages:

libpam-krb5

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-10595.

More information:

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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libpam-krb5