CVE-2024-37370
Published: June 28, 2024Last modified: August 11, 2025
Description
In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3, an attacker can modify the plaintext Extra Count field of a confidential GSS krb5 wrap token, causing the unwrapped token to appear truncated to the application.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | NONE |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | krb5 | Fixed (1.20.2-r2) |
| Stream | krb5 | Fixed (1.21.3-r0) |
References
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/55fbf435edbe2e92dd8101669b1ce7144bc96fef
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0007/
- https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/