Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU88225

#VU88225 Memory leak in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2024-26458

Published: April 9, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88225

Vulnerability risk: 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-2024-26458

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Kerberos 5

Software vendor:
MIT

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak in /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

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