CVE-2014-5353

NameCVE-2014-5353
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1265-1
Debian Bugs773226

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye1.18.3-6+deb11u5fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1.20.1-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie1.21.3-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
krb5sourcewheezy1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u9DLA-1265-1
krb5source(unstable)1.12.1+dfsg-16773226

Notes

[squeeze] - krb5 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, needs elevated privileges to trigger crash)
Upstream commit: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/d1f707024f1d0af6e54a18885322d70fa15ec4d3

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