CVE-2022-42898
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 11, 2025
Description
PAC parsing in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 has integer overflows that may lead to remote code execution (in KDC, kadmind, or a GSS or Kerberos application server) on 32-bit platforms (which have a resultant heap-based buffer overflow), and cause a denial of service on other platforms. This occurs in krb5_pac_parse in lib/krb5/krb/pac.c. Heimdal before 7.7.1 has "a similar bug."
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | heimdal | Not affected (7.8.0-r1) |
| krb5 | Not affected (1.20.1-r0) | ||
| Stream | heimdal | Not affected (7.8.0-r3) | |
| krb5 | Not affected (1.21.2-r0) |
References
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15203
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/security/advisories/GHSA-64mq-fvfj-5x3c
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/ea92d2f0fcceb54a70910fa32e9a0d7a5afc3583
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-06
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0008/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0001/
- https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/
- https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.19/
- https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.20/README-1.20.1.txt
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-42898.html