CVE-2014-9423

MIT Kerberos 5 < 1.13.1 - Uninitialized Memory Exposure via svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11.x through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 transmits uninitialized interposer data to clients, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory by sniffing the network for data in a handle field.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151437.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3153
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:069
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72503
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151103.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00044.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0154
EPSS Percentile 81.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (10)
mit/kerberos_5 1.11
mit/kerberos_5 1.11.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.11.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.11.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.11.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.11.5
mit/kerberos_5 1.12
mit/kerberos_5 1.12.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.12.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.13
Published Feb 19, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026