ALPINE-CVE-2015-8630

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    ALPINE-CVE-2015-8630

    Published: 13 Feb 2016Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8630

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2015-8630

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/krb5?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.14-r1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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