CVE-2014-5353

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5353
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-16 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
#773226 - CVE-2014-5353: misused policy name crashes KDC - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0542-1: moderate: Security update for krb5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Fix LDAP misused policy name crash [CVE-2014-5353] · krb5/krb5@d1f7070 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
MIT Kerberos 5 CVE-2014-5353 NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2498-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0536 - Updated krb5 packages fix CVE-2014-5353 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: krb5-1.13.1-2.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
MIT Kerberos Null Pointer Dereference Bugs Let Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:009 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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