CVE-2019-14844 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package krb5  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
1.68% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-KRB5-612583
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed26 Sept 2019

Introduced: 26 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-14844  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

A flaw was found in, Fedora versions of krb5 from 1.16.1 to, including 1.17.x, in the way a Kerberos client could crash the KDC by sending one of the RFC 4556 "enctypes". A remote unauthenticated user could use this flaw to crash the KDC.