CVE-2014-5351

low
Published 2014-10-10 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5351

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.12.1+dfsg-10
debian debianbullseyefixed1.12.1+dfsg-10
debian debianforkyfixed1.12.1+dfsg-10
debian debiansidfixed1.12.1+dfsg-10
debian debiantrixiefixed1.12.1+dfsg-10

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mitkerberos_51.12.2

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.