CVE-2015-2697 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) versions prior to 1.14, affecting various distributions including Debian, Oracle, and SUSE. An authenticated attacker can trigger a denial of service (KDC crash) by sending a specially crafted TGS request containing an initial null character in a long realm field. With a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability is of low severity, requiring authentication and having a low attack complexity, impacting only availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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