CVE-2015-2698

Publication date 6 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The iakerb_gss_export_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.14 pre-release 2015-09-14 improperly accesses a certain pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by interacting with an application that calls the gss_export_sec_context function. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2015-2696.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
krb5 15.10 wily
Fixed 1.13.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 1.12.1+dfsg-18ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.7

Notes

tyhicks

We're not technically affected since CVE-2015-2696 hasn't been fixed yet. Marking as needed so that we don't miss this fix while fixing CVE-2015-2696.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
krb5

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2810-1
    • Kerberos vulnerabilities
    • 12 November 2015

Other references