CVE-2023-25564 (GCVE-0-2023-25564)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-14 17:35 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:12
VLAI
Title
GSS-NTLMSSP vulnerable to memory corruption when decoding UTF16 strings
Summary
GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, memory corruption can be triggered when decoding UTF16 strings. The variable `outlen` was not initialized and could cause writing a zero to an arbitrary place in memory if `ntlm_str_convert()` were to fail, which would leave `outlen` uninitialized. This can lead to a denial of service if the write hits unmapped memory or randomly corrupts a byte in the application memory space. This vulnerability can trigger an out-of-bounds write, leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-10 20:57 UTC
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gssapi gss-ntlmssp Affected: < 1.2.0
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