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CVE-2014-5351 json

The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys…

published 2014-10-10 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-5240

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.

Patch / fix

  • krb5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12.1+dfsg-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5351

  • krb5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5351

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • krb5 SLES 12, SLED 12, SLE Software Development Kit 12 +1 more 1.12.1-9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0290-1SUSE-SU-2015:0290-2

  • krb5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.15-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-5351 updated cvss 2.1

krb5: current keys returned when randomizing the keys for a service principal

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 krb5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, krb5-workstation, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-pkinit, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

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