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CVE-2015-8629

krb5: xdr_nullstring() doesn't check for terminating null character

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 8, 2016

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer