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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (30)

• FEDORA-2014-9315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 61353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• kerberos-cve20144345-bo(95212) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/dc7ed55c689d57de7f7408b34631bf06fec9dab1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59993 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7980 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1255.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-9305 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2014_4345_numeric_errors (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 61314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:1028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1030705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 60535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 109908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 69168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-3000 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDVSA-2014:165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• GLSA-201412-53 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2014-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1255 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 60776 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/181 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59102 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:12 UTC.