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CVE-2014-5353 json

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.…

published 2014-12-16 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-5242

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mit kerberos_5 1.13.1
  • krb5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12.1+dfsg-16

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5353

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5353

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 RHEL 6 1.10.3-37.el6_6
  • krb5-libs RHEL 6 1.10.3-37.el6_6
  • krb5-server RHEL 6 1.10.3-37.el6_6
  • krb5-server-ldap RHEL 6 1.10.3-37.el6_6
  • krb5-workstation RHEL 6 1.10.3-37.el6_6
  • krb5-pkinit-openssl RHEL 6 1.10.3-37.el6_6
  • krb5 RHEL 7 1.12.2-14.el7
  • krb5-libs RHEL 7 1.12.2-14.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0794RHSA-2015:0439

  • krb5 SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLE Software Development Kit 12 1.12.1-16.1
  • krb5 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +6 more 1.6.3-133.49.68.1
  • krb5-plugins SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +2 more 1.6.3-133.49.68.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1276-1SUSE-SU-2015:1282-1

  • 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-2014-5353 updated cvss 3.5

krb5: NULL pointer dereference when using a ticket policy name as a password policy name

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 krb5
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) krb5 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-libs 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-pkinit 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-workstation 1.12.2-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) krb5-server 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-ldap 1.12.2-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) krb5 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-libs 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-pkinit 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-workstation 1.12.2-14.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) krb5-server 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-ldap 1.12.2-14.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0439
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) krb5 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-libs 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-workstation 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-pkinit-openssl 1.10.3-37.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) krb5-server 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-server-ldap 1.10.3-37.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) krb5 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-libs 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-workstation 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-pkinit-openssl 1.10.3-37.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) krb5-server 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-server-ldap 1.10.3-37.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) krb5 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-libs 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-server 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-server-ldap 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-workstation 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-pkinit-openssl 1.10.3-37.el6_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0794
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) krb5 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-libs 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-pkinit 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-ldap 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-workstation 1.12.2-14.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0439
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) krb5 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-libs 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-server 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-server-ldap 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-workstation 1.10.3-37.el6_6, krb5-pkinit-openssl 1.10.3-37.el6_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0794
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) krb5 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-libs 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-pkinit 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-ldap 1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-workstation 1.12.2-14.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0439
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jbossas jbossas Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 krb5
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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