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CVE-2014-9423

krb5: libgssrpc server applications leak uninitialized bytes (MITKRB5-SA-2015-001)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 3, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way MIT Kerberos RPCSEC_GSS implementation (libgssrpc) handled certain requests. An attacker could send a specially crafted request to an application using libgssrpc to disclose a limited portion of uninitialized memory used by that application.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of krb5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as the flaw was introduced in a later version (1.11).

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-212 · Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer