CVE-2014-5353
The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a successful LDAP query with no results, as demonstrated by using an incorrect object type for a password policy.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- RHSA-2015:0794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180131 [SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773226 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-5949 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0542 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1031376 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/d1f707024f1d0af6e54a18885322d70fa15ec4d3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2498-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 71679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0536.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-5242 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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