[Secure-testing-team] Bug#813296: krb5: CVE-2015-8629: xdr_nullstring() doesn't check for terminating null character

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: krb5
Version: 1.10.1+dfsg-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for krb5.

CVE-2015-8629[0]:
xdr_nullstring() doesn't check for terminating null character

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8629
[1] https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/df17a1224a3406f57477bcd372c61e04c0e5a5bb

Regards,
Salvatore