CVE-2014-9423

Publication date 3 February 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

The svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11.x through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 transmits uninitialized interposer data to clients, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory by sniffing the network for data in a handle field.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
krb5 14.10 utopic
Fixed 1.12.1+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.14

Patch details

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Package Patch details
krb5

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2498-1
    • Kerberos vulnerabilities
    • 10 February 2015

Other references