Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5

CVE-2015-2696

lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.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 IAKERB packet…

EPSS: 0.108 (93.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1897 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • GLSA-201611-14 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
  • 90675 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • 1034084 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
  • openSUSE-SU-2015:1997 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • openSUSE-SU-2015:1928 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • DSA-3395 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
  • USN-2810-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2696?
CVE-2015-2696 is a vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5, classified under CWE-18. Published 2015-11-09.
Is CVE-2015-2696 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.