CVE-2018-5730

Description

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn" database argument, or by supplying a DN string which is a left extension of a container DN string but is not hierarchically within the container DN.

Category

3.8
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.60%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042071 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e1caf6fb74981da62039846931ebdffed71309d1 third party advisory patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3071 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551082 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/ mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891869 third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/ mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-5730?
CVE-2018-5730 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-5730?
To fix CVE-2018-5730, 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-2018-5730 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-5730 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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