CVE-2015-2695
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-763
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted SPNEGO packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8244Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90687Advisory