Description
An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. There is a variable "dbentry->n_key_data" in kadmin/dbutil/dump.c that can store 16-bit data but unknowingly the developer has assigned a "u4" variable to it, which is for 32-bit data. An attacker can use this vulnerability to affect other artifacts of the database as we know that a Kerberos database dump file contains trusted data.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2018-17478 | An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. There is a variable "dbentry->n_key_data" in kadmin/dbutil/dump.c that can store 16-bit data but unknowingly the developer has assigned a "u4" variable to it, which is for 32-bit data. An attacker can use this vulnerability to affect other artifacts of the database as we know that a Kerberos database dump file contains trusted data. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T05:40:51.202Z
Reserved: 2018-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-5709
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-01-16T09:29:00.500
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:09:13.037
Link: CVE-2018-5709
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD