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CVE-2014-4345

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl
8.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

CWE-189

How to fix

Remediation Available
krb5Debian
Fixed in:1.12.1+dfsg-7CVE-2014-4345
Fixed in:1.12.1+dfsg-7CVE-2014-4345
Fixed in:1.12.1+dfsg-7CVE-2014-4345
Fixed in:1.12.1+dfsg-7CVE-2014-4345
krb5Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
krb5-admin-serverUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
krb5-kdcUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
krb5-kdc-ldapUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
krb5-otpUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
krb5-pkinitUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
krb5-userUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libgssapi-krb5-2Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libgssrpc4Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libk5crypto3Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libkadm5clnt-mit9Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libkadm5srv-mit9Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libkdb5-7Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libkrad0Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libkrb5-3Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1
libkrb5support0Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2USN-2310-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

8.09%probability of exploitation in 30 days
94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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