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CVE-2014-9421

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/02/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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