| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3395-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 803084 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 (PTS) | jessie | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u4 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u5 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1.15-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 1.17-3 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 1.17-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 | source | (unstable) | 1.13.2+dfsg-3 | high | 803084 | |
| krb5 | source | jessie | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u1 | high | DSA-3395-1 | |
| krb5 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| krb5 | source | wheezy | 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u4 | high | DSA-3395-1 |
[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