#VU88226 Memory leak in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2024-26461

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#VU88226 Memory leak in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2024-26461

Published: April 9, 2024 / Updated: August 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88226
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-2024-26461
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 DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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