Description
The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.
Published: 2016-02-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3466-1 krb5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8507 The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.
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Mit Kerberos 5
Redhat Enterprise Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:43.695Z

Reserved: 2015-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8630

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-13T02:59:01.087

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

Link: CVE-2015-8630

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8630 - Bugzilla

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