Bug 1220772 (CVE-2024-26462) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-26462: krb5: memory leak at /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-26462: krb5: memory leak at /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-26462
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major
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Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/395563/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-26462:7.5:(AV:...
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Reported: 2024-03-01 11:16 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-07-05 11:15 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Comment 1 Alexander Bergmann 2024-03-04 08:31:50 UTC
https://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos/2024-March/023095.html

On 3/1/24 07:13, Alexander Bergmann via Kerberos wrote:
> We got notified via NVD about 3 new security issues. Right now there
> seams to be no upstream reference. Could someone please comment on this?
> 
> CVE-2024-26458: Memory leak at /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c
> CVE-2024-26461: Memory leak at /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c
> CVE-2024-26462: Memory leak at /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c

These CVEs appear to be the result of someone running a static analysis 
tool over the MIT krb5 code base and assigning CVEs to each resulting 
defect, without performing any additional impact analysis or upstream 
consultation.

The pmap_rmt.c leak only affects pmap_rmtcall(), which is unused by the 
rest of the krb5 code base and likely unused by anyone else.

The k5sealv3.c leak affects an encoding function, and happens on a 
bounds check which likely cannot be triggered with any choice of 
memory-valid API inputs.  (The bounds check was itself introduced to 
quash a different static analysis defect.)

The ndr.c leak also affects an encoding function, and triggers if the 
input contains invalid UTF-8.  This one might be triggerable by a 
request (though it may require elevated privilege), but I would not have 
requested a CVE for it myself.

I will fix these on the mainline, but I only expect to assign a ticket 
to the third one.
Comment 3 Maintenance Automation 2024-03-26 12:36:13 UTC
SUSE-SU-2024:0997-1: An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1220770, 1220771, 1220772
CVE References: CVE-2024-26458, CVE-2024-26461, CVE-2024-26462
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:33037](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/33037/)
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src):
 krb5-mini-1.20.1-150500.3.6.1, krb5-1.20.1-150500.3.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (src):
 krb5-1.20.1-150500.3.6.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src):
 krb5-1.20.1-150500.3.6.1
Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (src):
 krb5-1.20.1-150500.3.6.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 6 Davide Benini 2024-03-27 17:42:43 UTC
As indicated at https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221579#c3, point 4, I think 11SP4 is _not_ affected, but I see in smash it's still under analysis.
Security team, could you confirm 11SP4 is _not_ affected?
Comment 13 OBSbugzilla Bot 2024-07-05 11:15:09 UTC
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1220772) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1185764 Factory / krb5