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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-4345: MIT Kerberos 5: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-4345: MIT Kerberos 5: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/14/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-mit-krb5

References

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