Gss-ntlmssp: gss-ntlmssp: memory leak in ntlm_decode_target_info via duplicated av_pair entries in ntlm challenge
8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 3.7epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 86% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in gss-ntlmssp. A memory leak occurs in the NTLM target-info parser when a crafted NTLM CHALLENGE message contains duplicated string-valued AV_PAIR entries. The parser allocates memory for each string value but does not free the previous allocation when the same AV_PAIR type appears more than once, leaking the earlier allocation. A malicious or man-in-the-middle server can exploit this to cause gradual memory exhaustion on the client during NTLM authentication, leading to a denial of service.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8