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Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package krb5  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-KRB5-668144
  • published13 Feb 2016
  • disclosed13 Feb 2016
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Introduced: 13 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-8629  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The xdr_nullstring function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 does not verify whether '\0' characters exist as expected, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string.

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