UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5353

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5353

    Published: 16 Dec 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5353
    Aliases:
    USN-2498-1

    Summary:

    Details: The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a successful LDAP query with no results, as demonstrated by using an incorrect object type for a password policy.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5353, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2498-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5353

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1

    Affected versions

    1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu1

    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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