# 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.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5351, GHSA-j87f-3fmr-m923, MGASA-2014-0477, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5351

## 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: 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

- [CVE-2011-0285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0285/): Use after free in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0947/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-5902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5902/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-4743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4743/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3999/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-5351 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5351 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mit Kerberos 5. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5351/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5351/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5351
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5351
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5351

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