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Cent OS: CVE-2014-4344: CESA-2014:1245 (krb5)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-4344: CESA-2014:1245 (krb5)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/14/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The acc_ctx_cont function in the SPNEGO acceptor in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty continuation token at a certain point during a SPNEGO negotiation.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-krb5-devel
  • centos-upgrade-krb5-libs
  • centos-upgrade-krb5-server
  • centos-upgrade-krb5-server-ldap
  • centos-upgrade-krb5-workstation

References

  • DSA-3000
  • CVE-2014-4344
  • RHSA-2015:0439
  • USN-2310-1

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