CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-2698

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The iakerb_gss_export_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.14 pre-release 2015-09-14 improperly accesses a certain pointer, allowing remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by interacting with an application that calls the gss_export_sec_context function.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to significant disruptions in application functionality and potential security issues, affecting the availability of services within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of MIT Kerberos 5 to eliminate this vulnerability and to monitor applications using the gss_export_sec_context function.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The iakerb_gss_export_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.14 pre-release 2015-09-14 improperly accesses a certain pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by interacting with an application that calls the gss_export_sec_context function. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2015-2696.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS