CVE-2023-25565

high

Description

GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, an incorrect free when decoding target information can trigger a denial of service. The error condition incorrectly assumes the `cb` and `sh` buffers contain a copy of the data that needs to be freed. However, that is not the case. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point. This will likely trigger an assertion failure in `free`, causing a denial-of-service. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.

References

https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/security/advisories/GHSA-7q7f-wqcg-mvfg

https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/releases/tag/v1.2.0

https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/commit/c16100f60907a2de92bcb676f303b81facee0f64

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-14

Updated: 2023-02-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High