5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-8629
MIT Kerberos 5 Denial of Service and Information Disclosure
Description

The xdr_nullstring function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 does not verify whether '\0' characters exist as expected, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 13, 2016, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:38 a.m.

Source :

cve@mitre.org

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-8629 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8629 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_eus
1 Opensuse leap
2 Opensuse opensuse
1 Oracle linux
2 Oracle solaris
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Mit kerberos_5
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 12
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-8629.

URL Resource
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8341 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82801 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034914 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb Patch Third Party Advisory
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8341 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82801 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034914 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Simulate Deep Security's coverage for high urgency vulnerability reported by Vuls

Python

Updated: 8 years, 4 months ago
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Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-8629 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8629 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8341
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82801
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034914
    Added Reference https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Feb. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82801 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82801 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034914 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034914 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb No Types Assigned https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-200
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-125
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5-1.13.3 *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.13.4 *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.14 up to (excluding) 1.14.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by nvd@nist.gov

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Dec. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034914 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0493.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82801 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
  • Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Feb. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8341 No Types Assigned http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8341 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CWE CWE-200
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Feb. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-8629 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8629 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.14 }} -1.21%

score

0.76520

percentile

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