Out-of-bounds Read Affecting krb5-libs package, versions <0:1.12.2-14.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
19.61% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KRB5LIBS-5041659
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed26 Jun 2014

Introduced: 26 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4342  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 krb5-libs to version 0:1.12.2-14.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0439.

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.

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read or NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session.

CVSS Scores

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