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CVE-2020-28196
Published: Nov 6, 2020
Modified: Dec 3, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 and 1.18.x before 1.18.3 allows unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support for BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[debian-lts-announce] 20201107 [SECURITY] [DLA 2437-1] krb5 security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
FEDORA-2020-32193cbbe6
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2020-27b577ab23
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-202011-17
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
FEDORA-2020-0df38b2843
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
DSA-4795
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0002/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/57415dda6cf04e73ffc3723be518eddfae599bfd
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0001/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
x_refsource_MISC
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