CVE-2017-11462

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-08-28
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
1488873: CVE-2017-11462 krb5: Automatic sec context deletion could lead to double-free

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Double free vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving automatic deletion of security contexts on error.

Find out more about CVE-2017-11462 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 krb5 Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 krb5 Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 krb5 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 krb5 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 krb5 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 krb5 Will not fix

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