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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message.
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Integer underflow in MIT Kerberos 5 before version 1.22.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read via crafted NegoEx mechanism messages processed by gss_accept_sec_context(), resulting in denial of service through process termination. The vulnerability requires NegoEx to be registered in the system's GSS mechanism configuration (/etc/gss/mech), limiting exposure in default deployments but affecting Kerberos-enabled authentication services where this mechanism is explicitly enabled.
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