CVE-2014-4343 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2014-4343

Double free vulnerability in the init_ctx_reselect function in the SPNEGO...

Vulnerability Description

Double free vulnerability in the init_ctx_reselect function in the SPNEGO initiator in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via network traffic that appears to come from an intended acceptor, but specifies a security mechanism different from the one proposed by the initiator.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

debian linux, kerberos 5, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0, 1.10, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, 1.11, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.3, 1.11.4, 1.11.5, 1.12, 1.12.1

Timeline

Official Publish: August 14th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.