LDAP Injection Affecting krb5-libs package, versions <0:1.15.1-34.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KRB5LIBS-2527910
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Mar 2018

Introduced: 6 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-5730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-90  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 krb5-libs to version 0:1.15.1-34.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-3071.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-libs package and not the krb5-libs package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn" database argument, or by supplying a DN string which is a left extension of a container DN string but is not hierarchically within the container DN.

CVSS Scores

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