Description
The krb5_gss_process_context_token function in lib/gssapi/krb5/process_context_token.c in the libgssapi_krb5 library in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly maintain security-context handles, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted GSSAPI traffic, as demonstrated by traffic to kadmind.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- single
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- MIT
- Published
- 2/19/2015
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5
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