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CVE-2014-5354
plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP,…
Low3.5EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by creating a database entry for a keyless principal, as demonstrated by a kadmin "add_principal -nokey" or "purgekeys -all" command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0542 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 71680 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1031376 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-2498-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/04038bf3633c4b909b5ded3072dc88c8c419bf16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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