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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KRB5SERVERLDAP-4846417
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Mar 2018

Introduced: 1 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-5729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-90  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 krb5-server-ldap to version 0:1.15.1-34.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3071.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5-server-ldap package and not the krb5-server-ldap package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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 cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or bypass a DN container check by supplying tagged data that is internal to the database module.

CVSS Scores

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