CVE-2019-14844
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 26, 2019 at 11:50 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraKerberos 5
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
A flaw was found in, Fedora versions of krb5 from 1.16.1 to, including 1.17.x, in the way a Kerberos client could crash the KDC by sending one of the RFC 4556 "enctypes". A remote unauthenticated user could use this flaw to crash the KDC.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≥ 1.16.11.16.1 ≤ v ≤ 1.17.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14844
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/981
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54ZYKEJZ77BXZWGF4NEVKC33ESVROEYC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4LS5PIJOCNOUZGLO2OBT6GY334PUOSW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDE2QOKK4I4TV4WV74ZQWICZ4HJN2MOK/
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14844x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/981Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54ZYKEJZ77BXZWGF4NEVKC33ESVROEYC/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4LS5PIJOCNOUZGLO2OBT6GY334PUOSW/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDE2QOKK4I4TV4WV74ZQWICZ4HJN2MOK/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0003/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-628NVD-CWE-Other
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