vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7314-1 (CVE-2024-26462): Kerberos vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 4, 2025 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 29, 2024
Added
Mar 4, 2025
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-krb5-admin-serverubuntu-upgrade-krb5-kdcubuntu-upgrade-libgssapi-krb5-2ubuntu-upgrade-libgssrpc4ubuntu-upgrade-libgssrpc4t64ubuntu-upgrade-libkdb5-10ubuntu-upgrade-libkdb5-10t64ubuntu-upgrade-libkdb5-9
References
- CVE-2024-26462
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-26462
- CWE-401
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-23731
- UBUNTU-USN-7314-1
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-23731
- https://github.com/LuMingYinDetect/krb5_defects/blob/main/krb5_detect_3.md
- https://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos/2024-March/023095.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7314-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26462
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