CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2023-25565
High (7.5) in gss-ntlmssp project gss-ntlmssp. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, an incorrect free when decoding target information can trigger a denial of service. The error condition incorrectly assumes the `cb` and `sh` buffers contain a copy of the data that needs to be freed. However, that is not the case. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point. This will likely trigger an assertion failure in `free`, causing a denial-of-service. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-763, CWE-590
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- gss-ntlmssp_project:gss-ntlmssp
References
- https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/commit/c16100f60907a2de92bcb676f303b81facee0f64
- https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/releases/tag/v1.2.0
- https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/security/advisories/GHSA-7q7f-wqcg-mvfg
- https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/commit/c16100f60907a2de92bcb676f303b81facee0f64
- https://github.com/gssapi/gss-ntlmssp/releases/tag/v1.2.0