NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting heimdal package, versions <7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.12% (47th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-HEIMDAL-3042508
- published 12 Oct 2022
- disclosed 27 Mar 2023
Introduced: 12 Oct 2022
CVE-2022-3116 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 heimdal to version 7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream heimdal package and not the heimdal package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance. An attacker with network access to an application that depends on the vulnerable code path can cause the application to crash.