CVE-2015-8630

HIGH

MIT Kerberos 5 < 1.13.4/1.14.1 Authenticated DoS via KADM5_POLICY NULL Policy

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0301
EPSS Percentile 86.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (11)
mit/kerberos_5 1.12
mit/kerberos_5 1.12.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.12.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.12.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.12.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.12.5
mit/kerberos_5 1.13
mit/kerberos_5 1.13.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.13.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.13.3
... and 1 more
Published Feb 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026