CVE-2015-8629

Name
CVE-2015-8629
Description
The xdr_nullstring function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 does not verify whether '\0' characters exist as expected, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb
Vendor Advisory http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8341
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82801
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034914
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* kerberos_5 >= None < 1.13.4
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* kerberos_5 >= 1.14 < 1.14.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status