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CVE-2014-5354

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD

plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by creating a database entry for a keyless principal, as demonstrated by a kadmin "add_principal -nokey" or "purgekeys -all" command.

Key facts

CVSS score
3.5 (v2.0)
Severity
LOW
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score
1.7% (78th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2014-5243)
Published
December 16, 2014
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5243 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • mit / kerberos
  • mit / kerberos 5
  • mit / kerberos 5
  • mit / kerberos 5

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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