MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 and 1.18.x before 1.18.3 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2437-1 | krb5 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4795-1 | krb5 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-20680 | MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 and 1.18.x before 1.18.3 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4635-1 | Kerberos vulnerability |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-03T18:15:34.180Z
Reserved: 2020-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-28196
Updated: 2024-08-04T16:33:58.154Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-11-06T08:15:13.860
Modified: 2025-12-03T19:15:52.130
Link: CVE-2020-28196
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN