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Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 14, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2014-4345

GHSA ID

GHSA-j7xf-33rr-9jmv

Source code

No known source code

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