CVE-2015-8631
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.7%
Description
Multiple memory leaks in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a request specifying a NULL principal name.
How to fix CVE-2015-8631
To remediate CVE-2015-8631, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/krb5—upgrade to 1.14-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.13.2+dfsg-5 or later
Is CVE-2015-8631 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.14-r1
- from 0, < 1.13.2+dfsg-5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |