THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-4345
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-4345

Kerberos 5 vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
8.1%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.
Affected vendor
Mit
Affected product
Kerberos 5
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-08-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-4345

  • Confirm whether Mit Kerberos 5 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-4345.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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