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CVE-2014-5354 Detail

Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/16/2014

Evaluator Description

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.5 LOW
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 6.8

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71680
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031376
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/04038bf3633c4b909b5ded3072dc88c8c419bf16

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-5354
NVD Published Date:
12/16/2014
NVD Last Modified:
01/02/2017