CVE catalog

CVE-2023-25563

gss-ntlmssp: CVE-2023-25563

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Severity
High · CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.09% · Oct 25, 2026

GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, multiple out-of-bounds reads when decoding NTLM fields can trigger a denial of service. A 32-bit integer overflow condition can lead to incorrect checks of consistency of length of internal buffers. Although most applications will error out before accepting a singe input buffer of 4GB in length this could theoretically happen. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point if the application allows tokens greater than 4GB in length. This can lead to a large, up to 65KB, out-of-bounds read which could cause a denial-of-service if it reads from unmapped memory. Version 1.2.0 contains a patch for the out-of-bounds reads.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiangss-ntlmsspsid1.3.1-1fixed
Debiangss-ntlmsspforky1.3.1-1fixed
Debiangss-ntlmssptrixie1.2.0-1fixed
Debiangss-ntlmsspbookworm1.2.0-1fixed
Ubuntugss-ntlmssppro0.7.0-4build3vulnerable
Ubuntugss-ntlmssppro0.7.0-4build4vulnerable
Ubuntugss-ntlmssppro0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1fixed
Ubuntugss-ntlmssppro0.7.0-4build3vulnerable
Ubuntugss-ntlmssppro0.7.0-4build4vulnerable
Ubuntugss-ntlmssppro0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1fixed
Susegssntlmssppackage hub 15 sp41.2.0-bp154.2.3.1fixed
Opensusegssntlmsspleap 15.41.2.0-bp154.2.3.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiangss-ntlmsspsourcesid1.2.0-1not yet assignedNot reported[1031369]
Debiangss-ntlmsspsourceforky1.2.0-1not yet assignedNot reported[1031369]
Debiangss-ntlmsspsourcetrixie1.2.0-1not yet assignedNot reported[1031369]
Debiangss-ntlmsspsourcebookworm1.2.0-1not yet assignedNot reported[1031369]
Ubuntugss-ntlmsspdebpro0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1Not reportedUSN-7588-1Not reported
Ubuntugss-ntlmsspdebpro0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-25563Not reported
Susegssntlmssprpmpackage hub 15 sp41.2.0-bp154.2.3.1Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2023:0048-1Not reported
Opensusegssntlmssprpmleap 15.41.2.0-bp154.2.3.1Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2023:0048-1Not reported

[Debian bug #1031369]

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

References