CVE-2015-8629

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-01-08
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

The xdr_nullstring function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in kadmind inMIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 does not verify whether '\0' characters exist as expected, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string.

See more information about CVE-2015-8629 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (krb5)	ELSA-2016-0493	2016-03-22
Oracle Linux version 7 (krb5)	ELSA-2016-0532	2016-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.3 (krb5)	OVMSA-2016-0039	2016-03-22
Oracle VM version 3.4 (krb5)	OVMSA-2016-0039	2016-03-22