CVE-2014-5351 (GCVE-0-2014-5351)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-10 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:41
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Summary
The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2291 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2014-09-22 00:00
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      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-5351.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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