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CVE-2014-5354 json

plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-5243

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by creating a database entry for a keyless principal, as demonstrated by a kadmin "add_principal -nokey" or "purgekeys -all" command.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5354

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5354

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 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

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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-2014-5354 updated cvss 3.5

krb5: NULL pointer dereference when using keyless entries

  • 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
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% 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

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Improve kerberos 5 affected range consistency.