CVE-2014-5351

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-08-21
CWE:
CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1145425: CVE-2014-5351 krb5: current keys returned when randomizing the keys for a service principal

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.

Find out more about CVE-2014-5351 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 krb5 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 krb5 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 krb5 Will not fix

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