vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-28196: MIT Kerberos 5: Denial of service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 6, 2020 | Nov 17, 2020 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 6, 2020
Added
Nov 17, 2020
Modified
Aug 13, 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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-mit-krb5
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