| Name | CVE-2015-2696 |
| Description | lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted IAKERB packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3395-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 803084 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| krb5 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.18.3-6+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.18.3-6+deb11u7 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.20.1-2+deb12u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1.20.1-2+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.21.3-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| krb5 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| krb5 | source | wheezy | 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u4 | | DSA-3395-1 | |
| krb5 | source | jessie | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u1 | | DSA-3395-1 | |
| krb5 | source | (unstable) | 1.13.2+dfsg-3 | | | 803084 |
Notes
[squeeze] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e04f0283516e80d2f93366e0d479d13c9b5c8c2a
Upstream ticket: http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8244