Out-of-Bounds Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.15.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.06% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE318-KRB5-5512634
  • published23 Nov 2017
  • disclosed23 Nov 2017

Introduced: 23 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-15088  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 krb5 to version 1.15.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.

plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin code that is specific to Red Hat.

CVSS Scores

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