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CVE-2014-5355
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5_read_message data field is represented as a string ending with a…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.6%
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- mitre
Description
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5_read_message data field is represented as a string ending with a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a zero-byte version string or (2) cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by omitting the '\0' character, related to appl/user_user/server.c and lib/krb5/krb/recvauth.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (10)
- RHSA-2015:0794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180131 [SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0542 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/102bb6ebf20f9174130c85c3b052ae104e5073ec (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 74042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8050 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2810-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
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