plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin code that is specific to Red Hat.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-krb5 | May 7, 2019 | Nov 23, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-krb5 | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 23, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-krb5-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-krb5-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-krb5-pkinithuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-krb5-serverhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-krb5-server-ldaphuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-krb5-workstationhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libkadm5 | Jan 19, 2018 | Nov 23, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-krb5-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-krb5-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-krb5-pkinithuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-krb5-serverhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-krb5-server-ldaphuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-krb5-workstationhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-libkadm5 | Jan 19, 2018 | Nov 23, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-krb5-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-krb5-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-krb5-pkinithuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-krb5-serverhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-krb5-server-ldaphuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-krb5-workstationhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-libkadm5 | Dec 11, 2018 | Nov 23, 2017 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-security-kerberos-5-1-16-1-0-0-175-3-35-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-security-kerberos-5-kdc-1-16-1-0-0-175-3-35-0-4-0 | Aug 24, 2018 | Nov 23, 2017 | |
| Redhat_linux | — | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 25, 2017 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-krb5suse-upgrade-krb5-32bitsuse-upgrade-krb5-clientsuse-upgrade-krb5-develsuse-upgrade-krb5-docsuse-upgrade-krb5-plugin-kdb-ldapsuse-upgrade-krb5-plugin-preauth-otpsuse-upgrade-krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinitsuse-upgrade-krb5-server | Nov 8, 2017 | Nov 8, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-pro-upgrade-krb5 | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 23, 2017 | |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 23, 2017 |
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