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Critical
CVE-2017-11462
Double free vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) allows...
Vulnerability Description
Double free vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving automatic deletion of security contexts on error.
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.
References
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/56f7b1bc95a2a3eeb420e069e7655fb181ade5cf
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8598
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FPRUP4YVOEBGEROUYWZFEQ64HTMGNED/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488873
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
kerberos 5, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
1.14, 1.14.1, 1.14.2, 1.14.3, 1.14.4, 1.14.5, 1.15, 1.15.1, 25, 26
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 13th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.