The GSS-RPC layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not enforce size limits on XDR-decoded data, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a…
The GSS-RPC layer in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) does not enforce size limits on XDR-decoded data, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption in kadmind) via crafted RPC requests that trigger unbounded memory allocations during XDR decoding.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- CVSS v3.1
- 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Exposure class
- Identity, Operating system
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Why it ranks 36 (Notable)
- CVSS v3.1 6.5 medium
- Exposed product class: identity
- Widely deployed vendor product (Red Hat)
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.