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CVE-2015-2696

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Date: November 8, 2015

lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.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 IAKERB packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.

Language: C

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Related Resources (14)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3395
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8244
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2696
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2696
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90675
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e04f0283516e80d2f93366e0d479d13c9b5c8c2a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00006.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2696
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-14
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00022.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034084
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-2696

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CWE-18

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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