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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8630 Detail

Description

The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.


Evaluator Description

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915 CVE, MITRE
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b CVE, MITRE Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8630
NVD Published Date:
02/12/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE