Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-40356: In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message. CVE-2026-40355: In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is a NULL pointer dereference if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, causing the process to terminate in parse_nego_message.
Fixed packages 15
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-debuginfo | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-debugsource | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-devel | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-libs | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-libs-debuginfo | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-pkinit | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-pkinit-debuginfo | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-server | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-server-debuginfo | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-server-ldap | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-server-ldap-debuginfo | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-workstation | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | krb5-workstation-debuginfo | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libkadm5 | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libkadm5-debuginfo | 0:1.21.3-7.amzn2023.0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Medium 5.9
In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is a NULL pointer dereference if an application calls gss_accept_sec_…
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Medium 5.9
In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an applic…