Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting krb5-devel package, versions <0:1.10.3-42z1.el6_7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.4% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KRB5DEVEL-2504340
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Feb 2016

Introduced: 13 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-8631  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 krb5-devel to version 0:1.10.3-42z1.el6_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-0493.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-devel package and not the krb5-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 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

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