CVE-2022-42898

Summary

CVECVE-2022-42898
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-25 06:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 19:16:52 UTC
DescriptionPAC parsing in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 has integer overflows that may lead to remote code execution (in KDC, kadmind, or a GSS or Kerberos application server) on 32-bit platforms (which have a resultant heap-based buffer overflow), and cause a denial of service on other platforms. This occurs in krb5_pac_parse in lib/krb5/krb/pac.c. Heimdal before 7.7.1 has "a similar bug."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a | CWE-190 CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Heimdal Project Heimdal All All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.20 - All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.20 beta1 All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
Fix integer overflows in PAC parsing · krb5/krb5@ea92d2f · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Heimdal: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202310-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
PAC parse integer overflows · Advisory · heimdal/heimdal · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.20/README-1.20.1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
December 2022 Heimdal Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
15203 – (CVE-2022-42898) CVE-2022-42898 [SECURITY] krb5_pac_parse() buffer parsing vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.samba.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Kerberos Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
CVE-2022-42898 MIT Kerberos 5 Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
Kerberos 5 Release 1.19.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Third Party Advisory
Samba: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160331 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (ELSA-2022-8638)
  • 160335 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (ELSA-2022-8637)
  • 160337 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (ELSA-2022-8640)
  • 160454 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (ELSA-2023-12104)
  • 181238 Debian Security Update for krb5 (DSA 5286-1)
  • 181242 Debian Security Update for heimdal (DSA 5287-1)
  • 181249 Debian Security Update for heimdal (DLA 3206-1)
  • 181259 Debian Security Update for krb5 (DLA 3213-1)
  • 183360 Debian Security Update for krb5sambaheimdal (CVE-2022-42898)
  • 199102 Ubuntu Security Notification for Heimdal Vulnerabilities (USN-5800-1)
  • 199130 Ubuntu Security Notification for Samba Vulnerabilities (USN-5822-1)
  • 199133 Ubuntu Security Notification for Kerberos Vulnerabilities (USN-5828-1)
  • 199228 Ubuntu Security Notification for Samba Vulnerabilities (USN-5936-1)
  • 240941 Red Hat Update for krb5 (RHSA-2022:8639)
  • 240944 Red Hat Update for krb5 (RHSA-2022:8640)
  • 240945 Red Hat Update for krb5 (RHSA-2022:8637)
  • 240947 Red Hat Update for krb5 (RHSA-2022:8638)
  • 240950 Red Hat Update for krb5 (RHSA-2022:8662)
  • 240951 Red Hat Update for krb5 (RHSA-2022:8669)
  • 257203 CentOS Security Update for krb5 (CESA-2022:8640)
  • 283332 Fedora Security Update for samba (FEDORA-2022-d680c70ebe)
  • 283333 Fedora Security Update for krb5 (FEDORA-2022-78038a4441)
  • 283334 Fedora Security Update for krb5 (FEDORA-2022-88cefef88c)
  • 283360 Fedora Security Update for heimdal (FEDORA-2022-dba9ba8e2b)
  • 283361 Fedora Security Update for heimdal (FEDORA-2022-cbbd105d08)
  • 283375 Fedora Security Update for samba (FEDORA-2022-003403ec6b)
  • 283404 Fedora Security Update for heimdal (FEDORA-2022-2c77cee4b5)
  • 283411 Fedora Security Update for krb5 (FEDORA-2022-a1747aca80)
  • 283413 Fedora Security Update for samba (FEDORA-2022-2156b74a6a)
  • 296099 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 57.144.3 Missing (CPUAPR2023)
  • 354651 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5 : ALAS2-2023-1915
  • 354675 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5 : ALAS-2023-1667
  • 354695 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5 : ALAS2022-2023-272
  • 354706 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for samba : ALAS2022-2023-271
  • 354720 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5 : ALAS-2023-1680
  • 355064 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5 : AL2012-2023-388
  • 355224 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5 : ALAS2023-2023-103
  • 377816 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for krb5 (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0055)
  • 377818 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for krb5 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0186)
  • 378488 NetApp Clustered Data Open Network Technology for Appliance Products (ONTAP) Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (NTAP-20230223-0001)
  • 390282 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for krb5 (OVMSA-2023-0008)
  • 502599 Alpine Linux Security Update for heimdal
  • 502602 Alpine Linux Security Update for krb5
  • 502620 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 502655 Alpine Linux Security Update for heimdal
  • 502733 Alpine Linux Security Update for krb5
  • 503127 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 503810 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 503994 Alpine Linux Security Update for heimdal
  • 505624 Alpine Linux Security Update for krb5
  • 505934 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 672546 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-1112)
  • 672570 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-1136)
  • 672577 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1321)
  • 672587 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-1336)
  • 672630 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-1371)
  • 672635 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-1399)
  • 672672 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1425)
  • 672679 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1410)
  • 672695 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-1417)
  • 672699 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-1432)
  • 672724 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1445)
  • 672780 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1470)
  • 672809 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1527)
  • 672829 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1552)
  • 673105 EulerOS Security Update for krb5 (EulerOS-SA-2023-2153)
  • 673107 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-2168)
  • 690991 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for krb5 (094e4a5b-6511-11ed-8c5e-206a8a720317)
  • 691336 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mysql (22df5074-71cd-11ee-85eb-84a93843eb75)
  • 710751 Gentoo Linux Samba Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06)
  • 710767 Gentoo Linux Heimdal Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202310-06)
  • 752841 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (SUSE-SU-2022:4154-1)
  • 752868 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (SUSE-SU-2022:4155-1)
  • 752895 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (SUSE-SU-2022:4167-1)
  • 752931 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (SUSE-SU-2022:4153-1)
  • 752971 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (SUSE-SU-2022:4335-1)
  • 752999 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2022:4395-1)
  • 753517 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0081-1)
  • 753587 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0160-1)
  • 753591 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for krb5 (SUSE-SU-2023:0198-1)
  • 904791 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for heimdal (12125)
  • 904792 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for krb5 (12128)
  • 904796 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for samba (12123)
  • 904797 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for krb5 (12133)
  • 905238 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for krb5 (12133-1)
  • 905346 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for heimdal (12125-1)
  • 905349 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for krb5 (12128-1)
  • 940850 AlmaLinux Security Update for krb5 (ALSA-2022:8638)
  • 940853 AlmaLinux Security Update for krb5 (ALSA-2022:8637)
  • 960467 Rocky Linux Security Update for krb5 (RLSA-2022:8638)
  • 960580 Rocky Linux Security Update for krb5 (RLSA-2022:8637)

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