CVE-2017-15088

krb5: Buffer overflow in get_matching_data()

Published Nov 23, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 8.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin code that is specific to Red Hat.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6557 plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin code that is specific to Red Hat.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:42 PM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 23, 2017, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:07 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 25, 2017, 12:00 AM