VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-14844
A flaw was found in, Fedora versions of krb5 from 1.16.1 to, including 1.17.x, in the way a Kerberos client could crash the KDC by sending one of the RFC 4556 "enctypes".
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.44%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in, Fedora versions of krb5 from 1.16.1 to, including 1.17.x, in the way a Kerberos client could crash the KDC by sending one of the RFC 4556 "enctypes". A remote unauthenticated user could use this flaw to crash the KDC.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.44% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-628
- Affected
- mit/kerberos 5 · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14844Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/981Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54ZYKEJZ77BXZWGF4NEVKC33ESVROEYC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4LS5PIJOCNOUZGLO2OBT6GY334PUOSW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDE2QOKK4I4TV4WV74ZQWICZ4HJN2MOK/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14844Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/981Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54ZYKEJZ77BXZWGF4NEVKC33ESVROEYC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4LS5PIJOCNOUZGLO2OBT6GY334PUOSW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDE2QOKK4I4TV4WV74ZQWICZ4HJN2MOK/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0003/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.