USN-7314-1

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    USN-7314-1

    Published: 3 Mar 2025Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: krb5 vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Kerberos to consume memory,leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-26458, CVE-2024-26461) It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Kerberos to consume memory,leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-26462) It was discovered that the Kerberos kadmind daemon incorrectly handled log files when incremental propagation was enabled. An authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause kadmind to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-24528)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7314-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26458, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26461, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26462, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-24528

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.17-6ubuntu4.9

    Affected versions

    1.17-6

    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