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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.