Unscored severity · published Aug 14, 2014
CVE-2014-4344
The acc_ctx_cont function in the SPNEGO acceptor in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to…
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CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The acc_ctx_cont function in the SPNEGO acceptor in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty continuation token at a certain point during a SPNEGO negotiation.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.6% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
K5
Kerberos 5 · Mit
1.10; 1.10.1; 1.10.2; 1.10.3; 1.10.4; 1.11; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4344
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4344
advisories.mageia.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html
aix.software.ibm.com
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nas_advisory1.asc
Issue Tracking
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7970
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136360.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/59102
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