CVE-2024-37370

Description

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3, an attacker can modify the plaintext Extra Count field of a confidential GSS krb5 wrap token, causing the unwrapped token to appear truncated to the application.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/ vendor advisory
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/55fbf435edbe2e92dd8101669b1ce7144bc96fef patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0007/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-37370?
CVE-2024-37370 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-37370?
To fix CVE-2024-37370, 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-2024-37370 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-37370 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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