CVE-2014-5353

N/A
Published: December 16, 2014 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM UTC
12 products affected across 7 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (13)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0536.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:009
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71679

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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