Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1247-1 libapache-mod-auth-kerb -- heap overflow

Date Reported:

08 Jan 2007

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 400589.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 21214.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-5989.

More information:

An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow has been identified in libapache-mod-auth-kerb, an Apache module for Kerberos authentication. The error could allow an attacker to trigger an application crash or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted kerberos message.

For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) and the forthcoming stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libapache-mod-auth-kerb package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (stable)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6.orig.tar.gz
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_arm.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/liba/libapache-mod-auth-kerb/libapache2-mod-auth-kerb_4.996-5.0-rc6-1sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.