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 '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.59% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mit/kerberos 5
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8050Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:069
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74042
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/102bb6ebf20f9174130c85c3b052ae104e5073ec
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8050Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:069
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74042
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/102bb6ebf20f9174130c85c3b052ae104e5073ec
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.