CVE-2014-4342

Description

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read or NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.31% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e6ae703ae597d798e310368d52b8f38ee11c6a73 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68908 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html patch third party advisory vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7949 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94903 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:165 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030706 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/60082 third party advisory not applicable
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59102 third party advisory not applicable

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-4342?
CVE-2014-4342 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-4342?
To fix CVE-2014-4342, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-4342 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-4342 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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