Reachable Assertion Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.15.1-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KRB5-395831
  • published9 Aug 2017
  • disclosed9 Aug 2017

Introduced: 9 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-11368  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable krb5 to version 1.15.1-2 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 and later, an authenticated attacker can cause a KDC assertion failure by sending invalid S4U2Self or S4U2Proxy requests.