CVE-2015-8631 Information

Description

Multiple memory leaks in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a request specifying a NULL principal name.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8343 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/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034916 https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/83ed75feba32e46f736fcce0d96a0445f29b96c2

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5