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high 7.5

CVE-2023-25565 json

GSS-NTLMSSP vulnerable to incorrect free when decoding target information

published 2023-02-14 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-29517

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, an incorrect free when decoding target information can trigger a denial of service. The error condition incorrectly assumes the `cb` and `sh` buffers contain a copy of the data that needs to be freed. However, that is not the case. This vulnerability can be triggered via the main `gss_accept_sec_context` entry point. This will likely trigger an assertion failure in `free`, causing a denial-of-service. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.0.

Patch / fix

  • gss-ntlmssp_project gss-ntlmssp 1.2.0
  • gss-ntlmssp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25565

  • gss-ntlmssp Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.7.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  • gss-ntlmssp Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.7.0-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
  • gss-ntlmssp Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.7.0-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
  • gss-ntlmssp Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25565

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gssntlmssp RHEL 8 1.2.0-1.el8_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:3097

  • gssntlmssp Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.2.0-bp154.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2023:0048-1

  • gssntlmssp AlmaLinux 8 1.2.0-1.el8_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:3097

  • gssntlmssp Azure Linux 3.0 1.3.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-45279

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-25565 updated cvss 7.5

gssntlmssp: incorrect free when decoding target information

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gssntlmssp 1.2.0-1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3097

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • gssapi gss-ntlmssp

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-590 Free of Memory not on the Heap
  • CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

References

Sources

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