CVE-2014-5354 Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.74% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-KRB5-395723
  • published16 Dec 2014
  • disclosed16 Dec 2014

Introduced: 16 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-5354  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 krb5 to version 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by creating a database entry for a keyless principal, as demonstrated by a kadmin "add_principal -nokey" or "purgekeys -all" command.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1