SUSE update for krb5

1) Access of Uninitialized Pointer

EUVDB-ID: #VU79586

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36054

CWE-ID: CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the  _xdr_kadm5_principal_ent_rec() function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c does not validate the relationship between n_key_data and the key_data array count and frees an uninitialized pointer. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package krb5 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

krb5-doc: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap-debuginfo: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-client-debuginfo: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-32bit: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-server-debuginfo: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-otp: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-server: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-client: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-otp-debuginfo: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit-debuginfo: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-debuginfo: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-devel: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

krb5-debugsource: before 1.12.5-40.52.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12_sp2_bcl:12-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233398-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.