Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5
CVE-2023-36054
lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.20.2 and 1.21.x before 1.21.1 frees an uninitialized pointer. A remote authenticated user can trigger a kadmind crash. This occurs because _xdr_kadm5_principal_ent_rec does not validate the relationship between n_key_data and the key_data array count.
EPSS: 0.028 (85.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mit Kerberos_5 — versions 1.21
- Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager
- Netapp Clustered_data_ontap — versions 9.0
- Netapp Hci
- Netapp Management_services_for_element_software
- Netapp Ontap_tools
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Product)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-36054?
- CVE-2023-36054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-07.
- How severe is CVE-2023-36054?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-36054 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.