CVE-2017-15088

NameCVE-2017-15088
Descriptionplugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin code that is specific to Red Hat.
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Debian Bugs871698

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u9vulnerable
stretch (security)1.15-1+deb9u3vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch1.15-1+deb9u6vulnerable
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
krb5source(unstable)1.15.2-2unimportant871698

Notes

https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/707
Fixed by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/fbb687db1088ddd894d975996e5f6a4252b9a2b4
Red Hat eanbled the code in question in the KDC and thus having it
exposed as network-facing issue. For Debian and upstream the code only
runs on client systems, and only with a certificate that is explicitly
configured locally, leading to a local kinit crash if passed a crafted
local certificate. This is hardly has any harmful security implication.

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