USN-4314-1: pam-krb5 vulnerability

31 March 2020

pam-krb5 could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted response.

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Russ Allbery discovered that pam-krb5 incorrectly handled some responses.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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