#VU95441 Memory leak in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2024-26462 

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#VU95441 Memory leak in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2024-26462

Published: August 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95441
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26462
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Kerberos 5
Software vendor:
MIT

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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