CVE-2018-5729

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-5729
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-06 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:58:00 UTC
DescriptionMIT 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 27 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 27 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: krb5-1.15.2-7.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: krb5-1.15.2-7.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
1551083 – (CVE-2018-5729) CVE-2018-5729 krb5: null dereference in kadmind or DN container check bypass by supplying special crafted data CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2771-1] krb5 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Fix flaws in LDAP DN checking · krb5/krb5@e1caf6f · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: krb5-1.15.2-7.fc27 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: krb5-1.15.2-7.fc27 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
#891869 - krb5: CVE-2018-5729 CVE-2018-5730 - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1643-1] krb5 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
MIT Kerberos Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178852 Debian Security Update for krb5 (DLA 2771-1)
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