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.
References (30)
Core 30
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136640.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61353
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95212
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/dc7ed55c689d57de7f7408b34631bf06fec9dab1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59993
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7980
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1255.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137056.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00030.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2014_4345_numeric_errors
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61314
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-08/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030705
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128157
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60535
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/109908
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69168
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:165
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59415
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2014-001.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1255.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60776
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/181
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59102
Scores
EPSS
0.1130
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-189
Status
published
Products (30)
mit/kerberos_5
1.6
mit/kerberos_5
1.6.1
mit/kerberos_5
1.6.2
mit/kerberos_5
1.7
mit/kerberos_5
1.7.1
mit/kerberos_5
1.8
mit/kerberos_5
1.8.1
mit/kerberos_5
1.8.2
mit/kerberos_5
1.8.3
mit/kerberos_5
1.8.4
... and 20 more
Published
Aug 14, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026