Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.13.2+dfsg-5


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    6.4% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-KRB5-395771
  • published 13 Feb 2016
  • disclosed 13 Feb 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 krb5 to version 1.13.2+dfsg-5 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple memory leaks in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a request specifying a NULL principal name.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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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NVD

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

4.3 medium