DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2697

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2697

    Published: 9 Nov 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2697

    Summary:

    Details: The build_principal_va function in lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash) via an initial '\0' character in a long realm field within a TGS request.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2697

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.13.2+dfsg-3

    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