CVE-2014-5351 Information disclosure in n/a
Authenticated administrators can retrieve old keys from kadmind, enabling ticket forgery and privilege escalation in MIT Kerberos 5.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-5351?
CVE-2014-5351 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 10 Oct 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5351?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mit Kerberos 5.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5351?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-5351 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5351 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5351, GHSA-j87f-3fmr-m923, MGASA-2014-0477, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5351.