CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-8630

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The kadm5_create_principal_3 and kadm5_modify_principal functions in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 before version 1.13.4 and 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can lead to denial of service, affecting the availability of the Kerberos system in the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to version 1.13.4 or 1.14.1 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS