CVE-2015-8629
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.3 · Out-of-bounds read
5.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The xdr_nullstring function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 does not verify whether '\0' characters exist as expected, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
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=8341Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlAdvisory