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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28196
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...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
krb5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.3-1"}]}]
Debian:13
krb5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.3-1"}]}]
Debian:14
krb5
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.3-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org