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CVE-2014-5353 Detail

Description

The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a successful LDAP query with no results, as demonstrated by using an incorrect object type for a password policy.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0536.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155828.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:009 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71679 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031376 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773226 Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/d1f707024f1d0af6e54a18885322d70fa15ec4d3 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-5353
NVD Published Date:
12/16/2014
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2021
Source:
MITRE