CVE-2015-2696

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2696
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-09 03:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted IAKERB packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-18 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1897-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
MIT Kerberos 5 CVE-2015-2696 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1997-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
MIT Kerberos Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
RT/krbdev.mit.edu: Ticket #8244 SPNEGO and IAKERB context aliasing bugs [CVE-2015-2695][CVE-2015-2696] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 krbdev.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
Fix IAKERB context aliasing bugs [CVE-2015-2696] · krb5/krb5@e04f028 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2810-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-14) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3395-1 krb5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1928-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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