Information Exposure Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.12.1+dfsg-17


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KRB5-395867
  • published19 Feb 2015
  • disclosed19 Feb 2015

Introduced: 19 Feb 2015

CVE-2014-9423  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable krb5 to version 1.12.1+dfsg-17 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.

The svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11.x through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 transmits uninitialized interposer data to clients, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory by sniffing the network for data in a handle field.

CVSS Scores

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