CVE-2020-28196

krb5-devel: Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecu...

CVE-2020-28196 is fixed in 26 products on 1 platform, first by krb5-admin-server 1.16-2ubuntu0.2, released November 6, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0442
91st percentile

Kerberos is a network authentication system, which can improve the security of your network by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form. It allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other with the help of a trusted third party, the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC). Security Fix(es): * krb5: unbounded recursion via an ASN.1-encoded Kerberos message in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-28196) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
krb5-admin-server · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-admin-server 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-admin-server · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-admin-server 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 RHSA-2021:1593 May 18, 2021
krb5-devel · ol 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 ELSA-2021-1593 May 25, 2021
krb5-gss-samples · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-gss-samples 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-gss-samples · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-gss-samples 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-k5tls · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-k5tls 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-k5tls · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-k5tls 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-kdc · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-kdc 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-kdc · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-kdc 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-kdc-ldap · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-kdc-ldap 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-kdc-ldap · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-kdc-ldap 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-kpropd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-kpropd 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-kpropd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-kpropd 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-libs · RHEL 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 RHSA-2021:1593 May 18, 2021
krb5-libs · ol 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 ELSA-2021-1593 May 25, 2021
krb5-locales · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-locales 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-locales · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-locales 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-multidev · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-multidev 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-multidev · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-multidev 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-otp · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-otp 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-otp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-otp 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-pkinit · RHEL 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 RHSA-2021:1593 May 18, 2021
krb5-pkinit · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-pkinit 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-pkinit · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-pkinit 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-pkinit · ol 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 ELSA-2021-1593 May 25, 2021
krb5-server · RHEL 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 RHSA-2021:1593 May 18, 2021
krb5-server · ol 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 ELSA-2021-1593 May 25, 2021
krb5-server-ldap · RHEL 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 RHSA-2021:1593 May 18, 2021
krb5-server-ldap · ol 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 ELSA-2021-1593 May 25, 2021
krb5-user · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 krb5-user 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-user · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 krb5-user 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
krb5-workstation · RHEL 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 RHSA-2021:1593 May 18, 2021
krb5-workstation · ol 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 ELSA-2021-1593 May 25, 2021
libgssapi-krb5-2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libgssapi-krb5-2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libgssrpc4 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libgssrpc4 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libgssrpc4 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libgssrpc4 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libk5crypto3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libk5crypto3 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libk5crypto3 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libk5crypto3 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libkadm5 · RHEL 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 RHSA-2021:1593 May 18, 2021
libkadm5 · ol 8 0:1.18.2-8.el8 ELSA-2021-1593 May 25, 2021
libkadm5clnt-mit11 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libkadm5clnt-mit11 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libkadm5clnt-mit11 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libkadm5clnt-mit11 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libkadm5srv-mit11 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libkadm5srv-mit11 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libkadm5srv-mit11 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libkadm5srv-mit11 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libkdb5-9 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libkdb5-9 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libkdb5-9 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libkdb5-9 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libkrad0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libkrad0 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libkrad0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libkrad0 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libkrb5-3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libkrb5-3 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libkrb5-3 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libkrb5-3 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020
libkrb5support0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 libkrb5support0 1.16-2ubuntu0.2 Nov 6, 2020
libkrb5support0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 libkrb5support0 1.17-6ubuntu4.1 Nov 6, 2020

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