Release of invalid pointer or reference in Gss-ntlmssp - CVE-2023-25565

Vulnerability identifier: #VU76195

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25565

CWE-ID: CWE-763

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Gss-ntlmssp

Software vendor:
modauthgssapi

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when decoding target information. A remote attacker can send specially crafted NTLM request to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/releases/tag/v1.2.0
• https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/commit/c16100f60907a2de92bcb676f303b81facee0f64
• https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/security/advisories/GHSA-7q7f-wqcg-mvfg