Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting krb5-pkinit-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.18.2-31.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KRB5PKINITDEBUGINFO-10068158
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed16 Jan 2026

Introduced: 8 May 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 krb5-pkinit-debuginfo to version 0:1.18.2-31.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:2722.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-pkinit-debuginfo package and not the krb5-pkinit-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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

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