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CVE-2015-2698

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl
8.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The iakerb_gss_export_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.14 pre-release 2015-09-14 improperly accesses a certain pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by interacting with an application that calls the gss_export_sec_context function. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2015-2696.

How to fix

Remediation Available
krb5Debian
Fixed in:1.13.2+dfsg-4CVE-2015-2698
Fixed in:1.13.2+dfsg-4CVE-2015-2698
Fixed in:1.13.2+dfsg-4CVE-2015-2698
Fixed in:1.13.2+dfsg-4CVE-2015-2698
krb5Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
krb5-admin-serverUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
krb5-kdcUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
krb5-kdc-ldapUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
krb5-otpUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
krb5-pkinitUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
krb5-userUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libgssapi-krb5-2Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libgssrpc4Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libk5crypto3Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libkadm5clnt-mit9Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libkdb5-7Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libkrad0Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libkrb5-3Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1
libkrb5support0Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2USN-2810-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.89%probability of exploitation in 30 days
85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

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