
CVE catalog
CVE-2023-25563
gss-ntlmssp: CVE-2023-25563
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS: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.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | sid | 1.3.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | forky | 1.3.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | trixie | 1.2.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | bookworm | 1.2.0-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | pro | 0.7.0-4build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | pro | 0.7.0-4build4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | pro | 0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | pro | 0.7.0-4build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | pro | 0.7.0-4build4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | pro | 0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Suse | gssntlmssp | package hub 15 sp4 | 1.2.0-bp154.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | gssntlmssp | leap 15.4 | 1.2.0-bp154.2.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | source | sid | 1.2.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031369] |
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | source | forky | 1.2.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031369] |
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | source | trixie | 1.2.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031369] |
| Debian | gss-ntlmssp | source | bookworm | 1.2.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031369] |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | deb | pro | 0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-7588-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | gss-ntlmssp | deb | pro | 0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25563 | Not reported |
| Suse | gssntlmssp | rpm | package hub 15 sp4 | 1.2.0-bp154.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0048-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | gssntlmssp | rpm | leap 15.4 | 1.2.0-bp154.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0048-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3097]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2023_3097.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25563]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25563]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7588-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2023:0048-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-25563]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-1238.json]
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