7.5
HIGH
CVE-2015-8630
MIT Kerberos 5 Null Pointer Dereference and Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 13, 2016, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:38 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-8630 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8630 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
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-8630.

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

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 11 months ago
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Born at : June 15, 2016, 1:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 71 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-8630 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8630 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://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915
    Added Reference https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b
  • 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:5-1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:5-1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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]

    Dec. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2016

    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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b No Types Assigned https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b Patch
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 09, 2016

    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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-8630 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8630 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

7.32 }} 2.02%

score

0.93055

percentile

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