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Memory leak when parsing usernames

Low
simo5 published GHSA-mfm4-6g58-jw74 Feb 12, 2023

Package

No package listed

Affected versions

<= 1.1.0

Patched versions

1.2.0

Description

Summary

A memory leak can be triggered when parsing usernames which can trigger a denial-of-service.

Details

The domain portion of a username may be overridden causing an allocated memory area the size of the domain name to be leaked.

Impact

An attacker can leak memory can leak memory via the main gss_accept_sec_context entry point, potentially causing a denial-of-service.

Severity

Low

CVE ID

CVE-2023-25566

Weaknesses

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