CVE-2014-5354 (GCVE-0-2014-5354)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-16 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71680 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031376 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/04038bf3633c4… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2014-11-19 00:00
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