CVE-2015-2696

NameCVE-2015-2696
Descriptionlib/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3395-1
Debian Bugs803084

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u9fixed
stretch (security)1.15-1+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.15-1+deb9u6fixed
buster, buster (lts)1.17-3+deb10u7fixed
buster (security)1.17-3+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.18.3-6+deb11u5fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1.20.1-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie1.21.3-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
krb5sourcesqueeze(not affected)
krb5sourcewheezy1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u4DSA-3395-1
krb5sourcejessie1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u1DSA-3395-1
krb5source(unstable)1.13.2+dfsg-3803084

Notes

[squeeze] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e04f0283516e80d2f93366e0d479d13c9b5c8c2a
Upstream ticket: http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8244

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