CVE-2015-2697 (GCVE-0-2015-2697)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-09 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:24
VLAI
Summary
The build_principal_va function in lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash) via an initial '\0' character in a long realm field within a TGS request.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2015-10-26 00:00
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