CVE-2014-5351

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5351
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-10 01:55:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.12.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Return only new keys in randkey [CVE-2014-5351] · krb5/krb5@af0ed4d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:224 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: krb5-1.11.5-18.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2498-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
MIT Kerberos 5: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201412-53) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: krb5-1.12.2-9.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0255-1: moderate: Security update for krb5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Kerberos kadmin randkey Function Lets Remote Authenticated Administrators Obtain Old Keys and Potentially Forge Tickets - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0290-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1145425 – CVE-2014-5351 krb5: current keys returned when randomizing the keys for a service principal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
MIT Kerberos 5 'svr_principal.c' Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
#8018: Return only new keys in randkey [CVE-2014-5351] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 krbdev.mit.edu
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0477 - Updated krb5 packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
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