CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-2697
4.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-11-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The build_principal_va function in lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash) via an initial '\0' character in a long realm field within a TGS request.
Affected configurations
• mit kerberos 5 (< 1.14)
• oracle solaris 11.3
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• opensuse leap 42.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• suse linux enterprise desktop 12
• suse linux enterprise server 12
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 12
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8252 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f0c094a1b745d91ef2f9a4eae2149aac026a5789 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14 Third Party Advisory
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8252 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f0c094a1b745d91ef2f9a4eae2149aac026a5789 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14 Third Party Advisory