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ALPINE-CVE-2017-15088
ALPINE-CVE-2017-15088
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_crypto_openssl.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.15.2 mishandles Distinguished Name (DN) fields, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) in situations involving untrusted X.509 data, related to the get_matching_data and X509_NAME_oneline_ex functions. NOTE: this has security relevance only in use cases outside of the MIT Kerberos distribution, e.g., the use of get_matching_data in KDC certauth plugin code that is specific to Red Hat.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.22 | krb5 | 1.11-r0, 1.11-r1, 1.11.2-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | krb5 | 1.13.2-r1, 1.11-r0, 1.11-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | krb5 | 1.11-r1, 0, 1.15.2-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | krb5 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | krb5 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | krb5 | 0, 0, 1.15.2-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | krb5 | 1.14.3-r1, 0, 1.11-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | krb5 | 0, 0, 1.15.2-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | krb5 | 1.14-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | krb5 | 1.13.1-r1, 0, 1.15.2-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | krb5 | 1.13.1-r0, 0, 1.11-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | krb5 | 0, 0, 1.15.2-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | krb5 | 0, 0, 1.15.2-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | krb5 | 0, 1.11-r0, 1.11-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | krb5 | 0, 0, 1.11-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | krb5 | 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | krb5 | 1.15.2-r1, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | krb5 | 0, 1.11-r1, 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 23, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated