Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting krb5-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.5% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KRB5LIBS-1331638
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Sept 2015

Introduced: 14 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-2695  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 krb5-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-libs package and not the krb5-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted SPNEGO packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1