Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5
CVE-2015-2695
lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.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 SPNEGO packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mit Kerberos 5
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11, 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11, 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11, 12
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b51b33f2bc5d1497ddf5bd107f791c101695000d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/90687 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2695?
- CVE-2015-2695 is a vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. Published 2015-11-09.
- Is CVE-2015-2695 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.