usn-5959-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-03-16 07:06
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
krb5 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled memory when processing KDC data, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impacts. (CVE-2021-36222, CVE-2021-37750)


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2021-36222",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2021-37750",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-admin-server",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-gss-samples",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-k5tls",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kpropd",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-locales",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-multidev",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-otp",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-pkinit",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-user",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgssapi-krb5-2",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgssrpc4",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libk5crypto3",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5clnt-mit11",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit11",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkdb5-9",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkrad0",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5-3",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5support0",
            "binary_version": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "krb5",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5@1.16-2ubuntu0.4?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.16-2ubuntu0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.15.1-2",
        "1.16-2",
        "1.16-2build1",
        "1.16-2ubuntu0.1",
        "1.16-2ubuntu0.2",
        "1.16-2ubuntu0.3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2021-36222",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2021-37750",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-admin-server",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-gss-samples",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-k5tls",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kpropd",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-locales",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-multidev",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-otp",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-pkinit",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-user",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgssapi-krb5-2",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgssrpc4",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libk5crypto3",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5clnt-mit11",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit11",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkdb5-9",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkrad0",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5-3",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5support0",
            "binary_version": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "krb5",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5@1.17-6ubuntu4.3?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.17-6ubuntu4.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.17-6",
        "1.17-6ubuntu3",
        "1.17-6ubuntu4",
        "1.17-6ubuntu4.1",
        "1.17-6ubuntu4.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled memory when processing\nKDC data, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or have other\nunspecified impacts. (CVE-2021-36222, CVE-2021-37750)\n",
  "id": "USN-5959-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:04Z",
  "published": "2023-03-16T07:06:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5959-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-36222"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37750"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "krb5 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36222",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37750"
  ]
}



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