Improper Input Validation Affecting kerberos package, versions [,1.21.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.11% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-8549505
  • published25 Dec 2024
  • disclosed27 Jun 2024
  • creditJacob Champion

Introduced: 27 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-37371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kerberos to version 1.21.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper validation of GSS message tokens. An attacker can manipulate the token data to cause unauthorized actions or access by sending specially crafted tokens.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1