An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the kadmind service of MIT Kerberos. An authenticated attacker could send a maliciously crafted message to force kadmind to read beyond the end of allocated memory, and write the memory contents to the KDC database if the attacker has write permission, leading to information disclosure.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8629 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (krb5) | RHSA-2016:0532 | 2016-03-31 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (krb5) | RHSA-2016:0493 | 2016-03-22 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | krb5 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | krb5 | Will not fix |
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