CVE-2024-37371 Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.20.2-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE318-KRB5-8366395
  • published 11 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 28 Jun 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 krb5 to version 1.20.2-r1 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.

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3, an attacker can cause invalid memory reads during GSS message token handling by sending message tokens with invalid length fields.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium