CVE-2015-8630 Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.13.2+dfsg-5
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-KRB5-396144
- published 13 Feb 2016
- disclosed 13 Feb 2016
Introduced: 13 Feb 2016
CVE-2015-8630 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8630
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8630
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8630