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CVE-2015-8630 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342 CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html CVE
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b CVEPatch

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mit kerberos 5
1.12
1.12.1
1.12.2
1.12.3
1.12.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.14:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

23 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8630
NVD Published Date:
Feb 13, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]