CVE-2015-8631
A memory leak flaw was found in the krb5_unparse_name() function of the MIT Kerberos kadmind service. An authenticated attacker could repeatedly send specially crafted requests to the server, which could cause the server to consume large amounts of memory resources, ultimately leading to a denial of service due to memory exhaustion.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| 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 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | krb5 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | krb5 | Will not fix |