CVE-2015-2697
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 12 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.10 | Affected | — |
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 8 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.13.2+dfsg-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.13.2+dfsg-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.13.2+dfsg-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.13.2+dfsg-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.13.2+dfsg-3 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mit | kerberos_5 | {"endExcluding":"1.14"} | 1.14 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2697.html
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8252
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77581
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f0c094a1b745d91ef2f9a4eae2149aac026a5789
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2697
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.