CVE-2015-8629 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8629?

CVE-2015-8629 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Feb 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8629?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mit Kerberos 5, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8629?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8629 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2015-8629, DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8629, GHSA-2xvp-5pfr-cwhc, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8629.