High severity · published Feb 13, 2016
CVE-2015-8630
The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4…
7.5
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
K5
Kerberos 5 · Mit
1.12; 1.12.1; 1.12.2; 1.12.3; 1.12.4; 1.12.5; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8630
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8630
krbdev.mit.edu
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
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