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CVE-2014-4345

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap...

8.5 HighFix available

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Exploit likelihood

8.09%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.5

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Record
CVE-2014-4345
CVSS 2.0
8.5 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-189
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Record
CVE-2014-4345
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-4272 No score

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Record
EUVD-2014-4272
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j7xf-33rr-9jmv No score

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap...

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Record
GHSA-j7xf-33rr-9jmv
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Record
CVE-2014-4345
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-4345 No score

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4345
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2014-0345 No score

Updated krb5 package fixes security vulnerabilities

MIT Kerberos 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a buffer over-read or NULL pointer dereference, by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session (CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4342).

MIT Kerberos 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a double-free flaw or NULL pointer dereference, while processing invalid SPNEGO tokens (CVE-2014-4343, CVE-2014-4344).

In MIT Kerberos 5, when kadmind is configured to use LDAP for the KDC database, an authenticated remote attacker can cause it to perform an out-of-bounds write (buffer overflow) (CVE-2014-4345).

Record
MGASA-2014-0345
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1 No score

krb5-1.15-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the krb5-1.15-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-4345 No score

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4345
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2310-1 No score

krb5 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain crafted Draft 9 requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-1016)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain malformed KRB5_PADATA_PK_AS_REQ AS-REQ requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-1415)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain crafted TGS-REQ requests. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-1416)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain crafted requests when multiple realms were configured. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-1418, CVE-2013-6800)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain invalid tokens. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be used to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4342)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain mechanisms when used with SPNEGO. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be used to cause clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4343)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain continuation tokens during SPNEGO negotiations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4344)

Tomas Kuthan and Greg Hudson discovered that the Kerberos kadmind daemon incorrectly handled buffers when used with the LDAP backend. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-4345)

Record
USN-2310-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
krb5
Debian:12
before 1.12.1+dfsg-7
1.12.1+dfsg-7
krb5
Debian:13
before 1.12.1+dfsg-7
1.12.1+dfsg-7
krb5
Debian:14
before 1.12.1+dfsg-7
1.12.1+dfsg-7
krb5
Debian:6.0
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze8, plus listed versions
1.8.3+dfsg-41.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze11.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze21.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze51.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze61.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze7
1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze8
krb5
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u2, plus listed versions
1.10.1+dfsg-51.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u1
1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u2
krb5
Mageia:3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.11.1-1.4.mga3
1.11.1-1.4.mga3
krb5
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.11.4-1.1.mga4
1.11.4-1.1.mga4
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.10.3-33.el6
0:1.10.3-33.el6
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-pkinit
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-pkinit
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-pkinit
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-pkinit
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.12.2-14.el7
0:1.12.2-14.el7
krb5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2, plus listed versions
1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu11.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu11.12+dfsg-2ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu31.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
krb5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2, plus listed versions
1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu11.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu11.12+dfsg-2ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu31.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
krb5
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 54 CVEs
before 1.15-1.1
1.15-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-4345 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Mit Kerberos 5, published August 8, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.09%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in krb5 1.12.1+dfsg-7.

References

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