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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-44758: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-44758: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/26/2022
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
04/09/2024

Description

Heimdal before 7.7.1 allows attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference in a SPNEGO acceptor via a preferred_mech_type of GSS_C_NO_OID and a nonzero initial_response value to send_accept.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-heimdal

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