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CVE-2014-9423
The svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11.x through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.9%
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Description
The svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11.x through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 transmits uninitialized interposer data to clients, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory by sniffing the network for data in a handle field.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- FEDORA-2015-2347 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2015-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-3153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0255 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/5bb8a6b9c9eb8dd22bc9526751610aaa255ead9c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-2498-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 72503 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2015-001-patch-r113.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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