CVE-2015-8629 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the xdr_nullstring function within kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 versions prior to 1.13.4 and 1.14.1. This flaw, affecting products like Debian, MIT, OpenSUSE, Oracle, and Red Hat, allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service or information disclosure by providing a specially crafted string that lacks expected null terminators. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), exploitation requires authenticated access and high attack complexity, but does not involve user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.13.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.14, < 1.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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