CVE-2015-8630 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915 https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5