CVE-2023-25564

GSS-NTLMSSP vulnerable to memory corruption when decoding UTF16 strings

Published Feb 14, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, memory corruption can be triggered when decoding UTF16 strings. The variable `outlen` was not initialized and could cause writing a zero to an arbitrary place in memory if `ntlm_str_convert()` were to fail, which would leave `outlen` uninitialized. This can lead to a denial of service if the write hits unmapped memory or randomly corrupts a byte in the application memory space. This vulnerability can trigger an out-of-bounds write, leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-29516 GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, memory corruption can be triggered when decoding UTF16 strings. The variable `outlen` was not initialized and could cause writing a zero to an arbitrary place in memory if `ntlm_str_convert()` were to fail, which would leave `outlen` uninitialized. This can lead to a denial of service if the write hits unmapped memory or randomly corrupts a byte in the application memory space. This vulnerability can trigger an out-of-bounds write, leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7588-1 GSS NTLMSSP vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 10, 2025, 9:12 PM
Reserved
Feb 7, 2023, 5:10 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 14, 2023, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:41 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 14, 2023, 12:00 AM