CVE-2023-25563 (GCVE-0-2023-25563)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-14 17:35 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
GSS-NTLMSSP vulnerable to multiple out-of-bounds reads when decoding NTLM fields
Summary
GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, multiple out-of-bounds reads when decoding NTLM fields can trigger a denial of service. A 32-bit integer overflow condition can lead to incorrect checks of consistency of length of internal buffers. Although most applications will error out before accepting a singe input buffer of 4GB in length this could theoretically happen. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point if the application allows tokens greater than 4GB in length. This can lead to a large, up to 65KB, out-of-bounds read which could cause a denial-of-service if it reads from unmapped memory. Version 1.2.0 contains a patch for the out-of-bounds reads.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-10 20:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/security/ad… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/commit/97c6… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/releases/ta… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gssapi | gss-ntlmssp |
Affected:
< 1.2.0
|
guessed |
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