SB2015110909 - Out-of-bounds read in web.mit.edu krb5

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SB2015110909 - Out-of-bounds read in web.mit.edu krb5

Published: November 9, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2015110909
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2697)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c function in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash) via an initial '' character file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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