Resource Exhaustion Affecting krb5/krb5 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KRB5KRB5-6370677
  • published4 Mar 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024
  • creditLuMingYinDetect

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-26462  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for krb5/krb5.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion due to a memory leak in the ndr.c component. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting this memory leak to exhaust system resources.

CVSS Scores

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