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SUSE: CVE-2015-8631: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8631: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/12/2016
Modified
08/10/2021

Description

Multiple memory leaks in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a request specifying a NULL principal name.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-krb5
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-apps-clients
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-apps-servers
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-client
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-devel
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-doc
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-plugin-preauth-otp
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-server
  • suse-upgrade-krb5-x86

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