{"id":"MGASA-2021-0022","summary":"Updated krb5 packages fix a security vulnerability","details":"MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17.2 allows unbounded recursion via an\nASN.1-encoded Kerberos message because the lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_encode.c support\nfor BER indefinite lengths lacks a recursion limit (CVE-2020-28196).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T00:10:23.569842725Z","published":"2021-01-14T15:13:25Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-28196"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0022.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27594"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-28196"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/45KKOZQWIIIW5C45PJVGQ32AXBSYNBE7/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"krb5","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/krb5?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17-2.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0022.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}