NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting krb5-server package, versions <0:1.10.3-37.el6_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.59% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KRB5SERVER-2113636
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2014

Introduced: 9 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-5355  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 krb5-server to version 0:1.10.3-37.el6_6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-server package and not the krb5-server package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5_read_message data field is represented as a string ending with a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a zero-byte version string or (2) cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by omitting the '\0' character, related to appl/user_user/server.c and lib/krb5/krb/recvauth.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1