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CVE-2023-25566

gssntlmssp: memory leak when parsing usernames

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 14, 2023

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in GSS-NTLMSSP, a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. A memory leak can be triggered when parsing usernames, triggering a denial of service. The domain portion of a username may be overridden, causing an allocated memory area the size of the domain name to be leaked. This flaw allows an attacker to leak memory via the main gss_accept_sec_context entry point, potentially causing a denial of service.

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-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime