CVE-2015-2697 (GCVE-0-2015-2697)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-09 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:24
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Summary
The build_principal_va function in lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash) via an initial '\0' character in a long realm field within a TGS request.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2339 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-10-26 00:00
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            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
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          }
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        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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                "lang": "en",
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:13:39+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-2697",
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      "initial_release_date": "2015-09-25T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "16",
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      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "krb5: build_principal() memory flaw",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-2697.json",
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  }
}



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