Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting krb5-server-ldap package, versions <0:1.21.1-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.45% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KRB5SERVERLDAP-6060394
  • published 15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 7 Nov 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 krb5-server-ldap to version 0:1.21.1-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:6699.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-server-ldap package and not the krb5-server-ldap package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.20.2 and 1.21.x before 1.21.1 frees an uninitialized pointer. A remote authenticated user can trigger a kadmind crash. This occurs because _xdr_kadm5_principal_ent_rec does not validate the relationship between n_key_data and the key_data array count.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

8.8 high
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Red Hat

6.5 medium