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CVE-2014-9423 Detail

Description

The svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11.x through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 transmits uninitialized interposer data to clients, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory by sniffing the network for data in a handle field.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  02/19/2015

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151103.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151437.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00044.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2015-001-patch-r113.txt
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2015-001.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3153
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:069
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72503
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/5bb8a6b9c9eb8dd22bc9526751610aaa255ead9c

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Change History

6 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9423
NVD Published Date:
02/19/2015
NVD Last Modified:
11/28/2016