High severity · published Nov 6, 2020
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/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support…
7.5
CVSS
4.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.4% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CC
Communications Cloud Native Core Policy · Oracle
1.14.0 · source: NVD
CO
Communications Offline Mediation Controller · Oracle
12.0.0.3.0 · source: NVD
CP
Communications Pricing Design Center · Oracle
12.0.0.3.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31 · source: NVD
K5
Kerberos 5 · Mit
before 1.17.2; 1.18.0 before 1.18.3 · source: NVD
MS
Mysql Server · Oracle
through 8.0.23 · source: NVD
OI
Oncommand Insight · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
OW
Oncommand Workflow Automation · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SN
Snapcenter · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28196
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28196
Patch
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/57415dda6cf04e73ffc3723be518eddfae599bfd
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00011.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/45KKOZQWIIIW5C45PJVGQ32AXBSYNBE7/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/73IGOG6CZAVMVNS4GGRMOLOZ7B6QVA7F/
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