LDAP Injection Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.24% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-KRB5-396213
  • published6 Mar 2018
  • 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 Ubuntu:16.04 krb5 to version 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.1 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:16.04 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 Base Scores

version 3.1