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CVE-2022-44640

Published: 25 December 2022

Heimdal before 7.7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an invalid free in the ASN.1 codec used by the Key Distribution Center (KDC).

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
per upstream Samba, this vulnerability doesn't actually affect
Samba, but the code has been patched in case the API is used in
the future. See the following post:
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14929#c15

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
heimdal
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3)
focal
Released (7.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3)
jammy Needed

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
mantic Needed

trusty
Released (1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (7.7.1, 7.8, 7.8.git20221115.a6cf945+dfsg-1)
xenial
Released (1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/ea5ec8f174920cb80ce2b168b49195378420449e


Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
samba
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

lunar Not vulnerable

mantic Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (4.15.13,4.17.4,4.16.8)
xenial Not vulnerable

Patches:

upstream: https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=b4c3ce6fb9b2aebbbe7d802ce48c691a9cabcf4f
upstream: https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=73c7c6ec9bc3a1993e766f119e9e29905ded5e28

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H