CVE-2014-4343

High

Description

Double free vulnerability in the init_ctx_reselect function in the SPNEGO initiator in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via network traffic that appears to come from an intended acceptor, but specifies a security mechanism different from the one proposed by the initiator.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.6
Exploit probability—
ProductMit Kerberos
PublishedAug 14, 2014
First seenAug 14, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mit kerberos_51.10, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, 1.11, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.3, 1.11.4, 1.11.5, 1.12, 1.12.1—
debian debian_linux7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—

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