CVE-2014-5353 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2014-5353?

CVE-2014-5353 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Dec 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5353?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mit Kerberos 5, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5353?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-5353 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5353 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5353, GHSA-x6p8-9r6f-f728, MGASA-2014-0536, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5353.