4.7
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-5729
MIT krb5 LDAP Remote Denial of Service or Authentication Bypass Vuln
Description

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or bypass a DN container check by supplying tagged data that is internal to the database module.

INFO

Published Date :

March 6, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 23, 2024, 5:52 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-5729 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-2018-5729 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 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Mit kerberos_5
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 6
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-2018-5729.

URL Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042071 VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3071 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891869 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551083 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e1caf6fb74981da62039846931ebdffed71309d1 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-5729 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-5729 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.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5-1.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5-1.6 up to (excluding) 5-1.21.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html [No Types Assigned]
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5-1.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5-1.6
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551083 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551083 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3071 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3071 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042071 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042071 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5_1.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5-1.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042071 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3071 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e1caf6fb74981da62039846931ebdffed71309d1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e1caf6fb74981da62039846931ebdffed71309d1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891869 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891869 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551083 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551083 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5_1.6
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2018-5729 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-2018-5729 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.33 }} 0.12%

score

0.70770

percentile

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