CVE catalog

CVE-2023-39975

krb5: CVE-2023-39975

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Severity
High · CVSS 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.47% · Oct 25, 2026

kdc/do_tgs_req.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21 before 1.21.2 has a double free that is reachable if an authenticated user can trigger an authorization-data handling failure. Incorrect data is copied from one ticket to another.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiankrb5sid1.22.1-3not affected
Debiankrb5forky1.22.1-3not affected
Debiankrb5trixie1.21.3-5+deb13u1not affected
Debiankrb5trixie-security1.21.3-5+deb13u1not affected
Debiankrb5bookworm1.20.1-2+deb12u5not affected
Debiankrb5bookworm-security1.20.1-2+deb12u5not affected
Opensusekrb5tumbleweed1.21.2-1.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiankrb5sourcesidNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
Debiankrb5sourceforkyNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
Debiankrb5sourcetrixieNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
Debiankrb5sourcebookwormNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
Opensusekrb5rpmtumbleweed1.21.2-1.1Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2024:13527-1Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

References