Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libkadm5 package, versions <0:1.18.2-31.0.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-LIBKADM5-9407529
  • published15 Mar 2025
  • disclosed16 Jan 2026

Introduced: 15 Mar 2025

CVE-2025-24528  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libkadm5 to version 0:1.18.2-31.0.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-2722.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libkadm5 package and not the libkadm5 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22 (with incremental propagation), there is an integer overflow for a large update size to resize() in kdb_log.c. An authenticated attacker can cause an out-of-bounds write and kadmind daemon crash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1