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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201202-05">
+ <title>Heimdal: Arbitrary code execution</title>
+ <synopsis>A boundary error in Heimdal could result in execution of arbitrary
+ code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">heimdal</product>
+ <announced>2012-02-22</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-02-22</revised>
+ <bug>396105</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-crypt/heimdal" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.5.1-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.1-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A boundary error in the "encrypt_keyid()" function in
+ appl/telnet/libtelnet/encrypt.c of the telnet daemon and client could
+ cause a buffer overflow.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the user running the telnet daemon or client, or
+ cause Denial of Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Heimdal users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-crypt/heimdal-1.5.1-r1"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4862">CVE-2011-4862</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-01-17T19:55:41Z" tag="requester">ago</metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-02-22T19:56:26Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>