Out-of-Bounds Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
24.04% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-KRB5-396133
  • published20 Jul 2014
  • disclosed20 Jul 2014

Introduced: 20 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-4342  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 krb5 to version 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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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