SB2014072221 - Out-of-bounds read in krb5 (Alpine package)
Published: July 22, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014072221
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4342)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (buffer over-read or NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.