CVE-2014-5351

Description

The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.29%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8018
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031003 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151103.html vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00044.html vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0477.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00016.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1145425
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:224 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70380 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97028 vdb entry
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/af0ed4df4dfae762ab5fb605f5a0c8f59cb4f6ca
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140132.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-5351?
CVE-2014-5351 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-5351?
To fix CVE-2014-5351, 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-2014-5351 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-5351 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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