It was discovered that krb5 did not correctly handle certain krb4 requests. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted traffic, which could expose sensitive information, cause a crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-0062, CVE-2008-0063)
A flaw was discovered in the kadmind service’s handling of file descriptors. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send specially crafted requests that would cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. Only systems with configurations allowing large numbers of open file descriptors were vulnerable. (CVE-2008-0947)
19 March 2008
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
It was discovered that krb5 did not correctly handle certain krb4 requests. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted traffic, which could expose sensitive information, cause a crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-0062, CVE-2008-0063)
A flaw was discovered in the kadmind service’s handling of file descriptors. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send specially crafted requests that would cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. Only systems with configurations allowing large numbers of open file descriptors were vulnerable. (CVE-2008-0947)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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