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CVE-2014-5355

Public on 2015-02-20
Modified on 2015-12-13
Description

It was found that the krb5_read_message() function of MIT Kerberos did not correctly sanitize input, and could create invalid krb5_data objects. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash a Kerberos child process via a specially crafted request.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 krb5 2015-05-05 15:44 ALAS-2015-518
Amazon Linux 1 krb5 2015-12-14 10:00 ALAS-2015-624

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P