---------------------------------------------------------------------- Use WSUS to deploy 3rd party patches Public BETA http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_3rd_third_party_patching/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Heimdal Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA39037 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/39037/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Heimdal, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 1) An incorrect length check while decrypting data can be exploited to cause a crash. 2) An error in the HMAC implementation can be exploited to clear too much memory and cause a crash. The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.3.2. SOLUTION: Update to version 1.3.2. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits Tom Yu of MIT and Andrew Tridge of Samba. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2010-03-21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------