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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-340-1 krb5 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3395-1 krb5 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3395-2 krb5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2787 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2810-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.817Z

Reserved: 2015-03-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-2697

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-11-09T03:59:03.343

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-2697

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2697 - Bugzilla

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