CVE-2014-4345

Description

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Category

8.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.66% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136640.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61353 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95212 vdb entry
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/dc7ed55c689d57de7f7408b34631bf06fec9dab1
http://secunia.com/advisories/59993 third party advisory
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7980
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1255.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137056.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00030.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html vendor advisory
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2014_4345_numeric_errors
http://secunia.com/advisories/61314 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-08/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030705 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128157
http://secunia.com/advisories/60535 third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/109908 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69168 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:165 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml vendor advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://secunia.com/advisories/59415 third party advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2014-001.txt vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1255.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60776 third party advisory
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/181
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59102 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-4345?
CVE-2014-4345 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-4345?
To fix CVE-2014-4345, 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-2014-4345 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-4345 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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