CVE-2015-8629

Name	CVE-2015-8629
Description	The xdr_nullstring function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 does not verify whether '\0' characters exist as expected, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-423-1, DSA-3466-1
Debian Bugs	813296

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
krb5 (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	1.18.3-6+deb11u5	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	1.20.1-2+deb12u2	fixed
	sid, trixie	1.21.3-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
krb5	source	squeeze	1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze11	DLA-423-1
krb5	source	wheezy	1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u7	DSA-3466-1
krb5	source	jessie	1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u2	DSA-3466-1
krb5	source	(unstable)	1.13.2+dfsg-5		813296

Fixed by: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb