Bug 89861 - app-crypt/heimdal: telnet vulnerabilities (CAN-2005-0469)
Bug#: 89861 Product:  Gentoo Security Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: All Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: security@gentoo.org Reported By: vorlon@gentoo.org
Component: Vulnerabilities
URL:  http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-04-20/
Summary: app-crypt/heimdal: telnet vulnerabilities (CAN-2005-0469)
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: B2 [glsa] jaervosz
Opened: 2005-04-20 13:22 0000
Description:   Opened: 2005-04-20 13:22 0000
2005-04-20: telnet vulnerabilities

The telnet client program in Heimdal has buffer overflows in the functions slc_add_reply() and env_opt_add(), which may lead to remote code execution.

0.6.4 fixes this problem.

The only workaround for this bug is to not use the telnet client.

See also CAN-2005-0469

------- Comment #1 From Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen 2005-04-20 13:28:33 0000 -------
kerberos please bump.

------- Comment #2 From Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-04-25 05:19:13 0000 -------
I pinged seemant on that one... he'll have a look.

------- Comment #3 From Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2005-04-26 11:30:00 0000 -------
it'll be in portage in about 30 minutes, sorry for the delay, everyone.

------- Comment #4 From Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2005-04-26 11:59:28 0000 -------
bumped to 0.6.4 in portage, and stabled on amd64.  I will also test and stable
on x86, but the rest of the arch teams need to do it respectively.

------- Comment #5 From Michael Hanselmann (hansmi) (RETIRED) 2005-04-26 13:04:19 0000 -------
Stable on ppc.

------- Comment #6 From Joshua Kinard 2005-04-26 22:04:53 0000 -------
Stable on mips.

------- Comment #7 From Bryan Østergaard (RETIRED) 2005-04-27 01:20:19 0000 -------
Stable on alpha + ia64.

------- Comment #8 From Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2005-04-27 12:36:34 0000 -------
stable on x86 -- hppa and sparc still outstanding

------- Comment #9 From Michael Hanselmann (hansmi) (RETIRED) 2005-04-27 14:36:53 0000 -------
Stable on hppa.

------- Comment #10 From Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) 2005-04-27 18:01:08 0000 -------
sparc stable.

------- Comment #11 From Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen 2005-04-28 08:48:42 0000 -------
GLSA 200504-28