| Name | CVE-2024-26462 |
| Description | Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1064965 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.21.3-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| krb5 | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| krb5 | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| krb5 | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| krb5 | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| krb5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1064965 |
Notes
[bookworm] - krb5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[buster] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://github.com/LuMingYinDetect/krb5_defects/blob/main/krb5_detect_3.md
Introduced by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/c85894cfb784257a6acb4d77d8c75137d2508f5e (krb5-1.20-beta1)
Fixed by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/7d0d85bf99caf60c0afd4dcf91b0c4c683b983fe
https://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos/2024-March/023095.html
[stretch] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)