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CVE-2020-28196

Published: 6 November 2020

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 and 1.18.x before 1.18.3 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
krb5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1.16-2ubuntu0.2)
focal
Released (1.17-6ubuntu4.1)
groovy
Released (1.17-10ubuntu0.1)
trusty
Released (1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/57415dda6cf04e73ffc3723be518eddfae599bfd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H