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CVE-2023-39975

Published: 16 August 2023

kdc/do_tgs_req.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21 before 1.21.2 has a double free that is reachable if an authenticated user can trigger an authorization-data handling failure. Incorrect data is copied from one ticket to another.

Notes

AuthorNote
allenpthuang
All versions in the archives are < 1.21, hence not-affected.
This CVE only affects 1.21.x.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
krb5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not presnet)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not presnet)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not presnet)
lunar Not vulnerable
(code not presnet)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not presnet)
upstream Not vulnerable
(debian: Vulnerable code not present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not presnet)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/88a1701b423c13991a8064feeb26952d3641d840

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H