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Critical USN-6947-1 2 CVEs

krb5 vulnerabilities

Published Aug 8, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled GSS message tokens
where an unwrapped token could appear to be truncated. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-37370)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled GSS message tokens
when sent a token with invalid length fields. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-37371)

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS krb5 1.17-6ubuntu4.6
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS krb5 1.19.2-2ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS krb5 1.20.1-6ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS krb5 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm5
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS krb5 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm5
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS krb5 1.16-2ubuntu0.4+esm2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-37370
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-37371