CVE-2014-1316 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in macOS Kerberos services by sending malformed ASN.1 data, requiring OS updates.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-1316?

CVE-2014-1316 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Heimdal, as used in Apple OS X through 10.9.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort and daemon exit) via ASN.1 data encountered in the Kerberos 5 protocol.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1316?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1316?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1316 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-1316 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-vj8m-39p5-g2cm.

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