CVE-2015-2696
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1 · CWE-18
7.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.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 IAKERB packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. 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/msg00014.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90675Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1Advisory