3.5
LOW
CVE-2014-5354
MIT Kerberos 5 LDAP Keyless Principal Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 16, 2014, 11:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

6.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-5354 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mit kerberos_5
2 Mit kerberos

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-5354 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71680
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031376
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1
    Added Reference https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/04038bf3633c4b909b5ded3072dc88c8c419bf16
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031376 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71680
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5_1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.86 }} -0.04%

score

0.80500

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability