CVE-2015-2697

MIT Kerberos 5 < 1.14 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77581
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8252
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0639
EPSS Percentile 91.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (15)
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
mit/kerberos_5 < 1.14
opensuse/leap 42.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
... and 5 more
Published Nov 09, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026