CVE-2014-5353

low
Published 2014-12-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5

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.

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-2014-5353

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/d1f707024f1d0af6e54a18885322d70fa15ec4d3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.12.1+dfsg-16
debian debianbullseyefixed1.12.1+dfsg-16
debian debianforkyfixed1.12.1+dfsg-16
debian debiansidfixed1.12.1+dfsg-16
debian debiantrixiefixed1.12.1+dfsg-16
debian debian7.0affected
fedora fedora22affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel6.6affected
redhat rhel7.3affected
redhat rhel7.4affected
redhat rhel7.5affected
redhat rhel7.6affected
redhat rhel7.7affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mitkerberos_5{"endExcluding":"1.13.1"}1.13.1

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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