CVE-2015-2696

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 09 Nov 2015, 02:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 05:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
10.77% MEDIUM
11% probability +2.48%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Nov 2015, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 05:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted IAKERB packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 10.77%• Percentile: 93%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-18•DEPRECATED: Source Code

    This entry has been deprecated. It was originally used for organizing the Development View (CWE-699) and some other views, but it introduced unnecessary complexity and depth to the resulting tree.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04 | 15.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0

  • mit•kerberos_5

    < 1.14

  • opensuse•leap

    42.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

  • suse•linux_enterprise_desktop

    12

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    12

  • suse•linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

    12

References (10)