CVE-2017-11462

Summary

CVECVE-2017-11462
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-13 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:38:00 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving automatic deletion of security contexts on error.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 alpha1 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 beta1 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 beta2 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.3 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.4 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.5 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15.1 beta1 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15.1 beta2 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 alpha1 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 beta1 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 beta2 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.3 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.4 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.5 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15.1 beta1 All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.15.1 beta2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Preserve GSS context on init/accept failure · krb5/krb5@56f7b1b · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: krb5-1.15.1-28.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
#8598: Preserve GSS context on init/accept failure CONFIRM krbdev.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
Bug 1488873 – CVE-2017-11462 krb5: Automatic sec context deletion could lead to double-free CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: krb5-1.15.1-28.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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