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…

EPSS: 0.046 (89.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • SUSE-SU-2015:1898 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1897 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
  • GLSA-201611-14 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
  • 1034084 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
  • openSUSE-SU-2015:1997 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • 90687 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • openSUSE-SU-2015:1928 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

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.