vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2020-28196: Moderate: krb5 security update (ALSA-2021-1593)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 6, 2020 | May 4, 2022 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 6, 2020
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 and 1.18.x before 1.18.3 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-krb5-develalma-upgrade-krb5-libsalma-upgrade-krb5-pkinitalma-upgrade-krb5-serveralma-upgrade-krb5-server-ldapalma-upgrade-krb5-workstationalma-upgrade-libkadm5
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