Description
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5_read_message data field is represented as a string ending with a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a zero-byte version string or (2) cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by omitting the '\0' character, related to appl/user_user/server.c and lib/krb5/krb/recvauth.c.
Published: 2015-02-20
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 9.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1265-1 krb5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-5244 MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5_read_message data field is represented as a string ending with a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a zero-byte version string or (2) cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by omitting the '\0' character, related to appl/user_user/server.c and lib/krb5/krb/recvauth.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2810-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
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Mit Kerberos 5
Redhat Enterprise Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:41:49.279Z

Reserved: 2014-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5355

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-20T11:59:00.060

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-5355

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-5355 - Bugzilla

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