CVE-2020-28196

krb5: unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c may lead to DoS

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 6, 2020

Updated · August 4, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in krb5. MIT Kerberos 5 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion