CVE-2014-5353
LOW severity · CVSS 3.5 · CWE-476
3.5CVSS LOW
Summary
The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a successful LDAP query with no results, as demonstrated by using an incorrect object type for a password policy.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0536.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155828.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:009Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71679Advisory