CVE-2015-2697
EPSS 5.4%krb5 - security update
Published: 11/9/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2697
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/krb5from 0, < 1.13.2+dfsg-3
- Debian/krb5from 0, < 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u6