Use After Free Affecting krb5-workstation 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
6.21% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KRB5WORKSTATION-4527972
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Feb 2015

Introduced: 3 Feb 2015

CVE-2014-9421  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 krb5-workstation 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-workstation package and not the krb5-workstation package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1