Bug 2266742 (CVE-2024-26462)

Summary:	CVE-2024-26462 krb5: Memory leak at /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aarif, agarcial, aoconnor, aprice, asegurap, bdettelb, caswilli, dfreiber, dhalasz, dkuc, drow, fjansen, hkataria, jburrell, jmitchel, jsamir, jsherril, jtanner, kaycoth, kshier, luizcosta, mpierce, nweather, omaciel, orabin, psegedy, sidakwo, stcannon, sthirugn, vkrizan, vkumar, vmugicag, xiaoxwan, yguenane, zzhou
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A memory leak flaw was found in krb5 in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c. This issue can lead to a denial of service through memory exhaustion.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2266743
Bug Blocks:	2266745

Description Pedro Sampaio 2024-02-28 21:16:33 UTC

Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.

References:

https://github.com/LuMingYinDetect/krb5_defects/blob/main/krb5_detect_3.md

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2024-02-28 21:18:04 UTC

Created krb5 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2266743]