CVE-2015-8631 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2015-8631

Multiple memory leaks in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple memory leaks in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a request specifying a NULL principal name.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

kerberos 5, leap, opensuse, debian linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation, linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.14, 42.1, 13.2, 7.0, 8.0, 6.0, 6.7, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 6, 7

Timeline

Official Publish: February 13th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.