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CVE-2014-9421 (GCVE-0-2014-9421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-02-19 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:47

Summary

The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details

References

14 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3153	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72496	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/a197e92349a4a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2015-001-p…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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    },
    "redhat_vex": {
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      "current_release_date": "2026-08-04T22:01:40+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2014-9421",
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      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "krb5: kadmind doubly frees partial deserialization results (MITKRB5-SA-2015-001)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-9421.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9421 (CVE-2014-9421)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-02-03 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source website

Details

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9421	REPORT
	http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2498-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9421	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-admin-server",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-gss-samples",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-locales",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-multidev",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-otp",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-pkinit",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "krb5-user",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgssapi-krb5-2",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgssrpc4",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libk5crypto3",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5clnt-mit9",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit8",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit9",
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          },
          {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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        "1.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu2",
        "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
        "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu3",
        "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
        "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2",
        "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5"
      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9421",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:44Z",
  "published": "2015-02-03T00:00:00Z",
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9421"
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-9421"
  ]
}

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