CVE-2014-4343
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 6.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.6 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 6.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Debian Linux 7.0
- Mit Kerberos 5 1.10
- Mit Kerberos 5 1.10.1
- Mit Kerberos 5 1.10.2
- Mit Kerberos 5 1.10.3
- Mit Kerberos 5 1.10.4
- Mit Kerberos 5 1.11
- Mit Kerberos 5 1.11.1
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 7.6
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f18ddf5d82de0ab7591a36e465bc24225776940f
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f18ddf5d82de0ab7591a36e465bc24225776940f
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nas_advisory1.asc
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7969
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136360.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61052
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15553.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000
- http://www.osvdb.org/109390
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69159
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030706
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121876
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95211
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f18ddf5d82de0ab7591a36e465bc24225776940f
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nas_advisory1.asc
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7969
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136360.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60082