| Name | CVE-2015-8629 |
| Description | The xdr_nullstring function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 does not verify whether '\0' characters exist as expected, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-423-1, DSA-3466-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 813296 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.15-1+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.15-1+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1.17-3+deb10u7 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1.17-3+deb10u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.18.3-6+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1.20.1-2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.21.3-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 | source | squeeze | 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze11 | DLA-423-1 | ||
| krb5 | source | wheezy | 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u7 | DSA-3466-1 | ||
| krb5 | source | jessie | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u2 | DSA-3466-1 | ||
| krb5 | source | (unstable) | 1.13.2+dfsg-5 | 813296 |
Fixed by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb