Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-2696 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Kerberos 5 Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration |
Vendor | MIT |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU33819
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2696
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted IAKERB packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsKerberos 5: 1.0 - 1.18.2
External linkshttp://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8244
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90675
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1
http://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e04f0283516e80d2f93366e0d479d13c9b5c8c2a
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.