CVE-2015-2695

Medium

Description

lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted SPNEGO packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMit Kerberos
PublishedNov 9, 2015
First seenNov 9, 2015

How to fix

Update
  • mit kerberos_51.14 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mit kerberos_5v < 1.141.14
oracle solaris11.3—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0—
opensuse leap42.1—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop11, 12—
suse linux_enterprise_server11, 12—
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11, 12—

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