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Information Exposure Affecting krb5-devel package, versions <0:1.12.2-14.el7

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-KRB5DEVEL-2492097
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 19 Feb 2015
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Introduced: 19 Feb 2015

CVE-2014-9423 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 krb5-devel to version 0:1.12.2-14.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-0439.

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:7. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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.