CVE-2015-8629 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.1