MGASA-2014-0536

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    MGASA-2014-0536

    Published: 19 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5353

    Summary: Updated krb5 packages fix CVE-2014-5353

    Details: Updated krb5 packages fix security vulnerability: In MIT krb5, when kadmind is configured to use LDAP for the KDC database, an authenticated remote attacker can cause a NULL dereference by attempting to use a named ticket policy object as a password policy for a principal. The attacker needs to be authenticated as a user who has the elevated privilege for setting password policy by adding or modifying principals (CVE-2014-5353).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0536.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14816, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773226

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/krb5?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.11.4-1.3.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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