Bug 1628759 (CVE-2018-16807) - CVE-2018-16807 bro: memory leak in scripts/base/protocols/krb/main.bro
Summary: CVE-2018-16807 bro: memory leak in scripts/base/protocols/krb/main.bro
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-16807
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1628760 1628761
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-09-13 22:09 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:58 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:37:45 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-09-13 22:09:00 UTC
A flaw was found in Bro through 2.5.5, there is a memory leak potentially leading to DoS in scripts/base/protocols/krb/main.bro in the Kerberos protocol parser.


References:
https://github.com/bro/bro/commit/34d0cf886ca16c665f673a299e295b2a2bc14533

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-09-13 22:09:33 UTC
Created bro tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1628761]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1628760]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:37:45 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.


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