CVE-2017-11462

Description

Double free vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving automatic deletion of security contexts on error.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/56f7b1bc95a2a3eeb420e069e7655fb181ade5cf third party advisory patch
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8598 vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FPRUP4YVOEBGEROUYWZFEQ64HTMGNED/ vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488873 issue tracking patch vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-11462?
CVE-2017-11462 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-11462?
To fix CVE-2017-11462, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-11462 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-11462 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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