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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-5729
MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with...
Vulnerability Description
MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or bypass a DN container check by supplying tagged data that is internal to the database module.
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.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042071
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551083
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e1caf6fb74981da62039846931ebdffed71309d1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3071
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OIFUL3CPM4S5TOXTTOCQ3CUZN6XCXUTR/
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891869
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GK5T6JPMBHBPKS7HNGHYUUF4KKRMNSNU/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
kerberos 5, fedora, debian linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
5-1.6, 26, 27, 8.0, 9.0, 7.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 6th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.