CVE-2015-8630 Affecting krb5-devel package, versions <0:1.13.2-12.40.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.32% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KRB5DEVEL-1696131
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed13 Feb 2016

Introduced: 13 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-8630  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 krb5-devel to version 0:1.13.2-12.40.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-691.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-devel package and not the krb5-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.

CVSS Scores

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