SB2023081624 - SUSE update for krb5 



SB2023081624 - SUSE update for krb5

Published: August 16, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023081624
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36054)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the  _xdr_kadm5_principal_ent_rec() function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c does not validate the relationship between n_key_data and the key_data array count and frees an uninitialized pointer. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.