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CVE-2014-5351

The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT...

2.1 LowFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.62%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 2.1

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.

Record
CVE-2014-5351
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-255
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2014-5351
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-5240 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2014-5240
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j87f-3fmr-m923 No score

The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT...

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.

Record
GHSA-j87f-3fmr-m923
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

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CVE-2014-5351
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-5351 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5351
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2014-0477 No score

Updated krb5 packages fix security vulnerability

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 (CVE-2014-5351).

Record
MGASA-2014-0477
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
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0290-1 No score

Security update for krb5

MIT kerberos krb5 was updated to fix several security issues and bugs.

Security issues fixed: CVE-2014-5351: The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) sent old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allowed remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.

CVE-2014-5352: In the MIT krb5 libgssapi_krb5 library, after gss_process_context_token() is used to process a valid context deletion token, the caller was left with a security context handle containing a dangling pointer. Further uses of this handle would have resulted in use-after-free and double-free memory access violations. libgssrpc server applications such as kadmind were vulnerable as they can be instructed to call gss_process_context_token().

CVE-2014-9421: If the MIT krb5 kadmind daemon receives invalid XDR data from an authenticated user, it may have performed use-after-free and double-free memory access violations while cleaning up the partial deserialization results. Other libgssrpc server applications might also been vulnerable if they contain insufficiently defensive XDR functions.

CVE-2014-9422: The MIT krb5 kadmind daemon incorrectly accepted authentications to two-component server principals whose first component is a left substring of 'kadmin' or whose realm is a left prefix of the default realm.

CVE-2014-9423: libgssrpc applications including kadmind output four or eight bytes of uninitialized memory to the network as part of an unused 'handle' field in replies to clients.

Bugs fixed:

  • Work around replay cache creation race; (bnc#898439).
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0290-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0290-2 No score

Security update for krb5

MIT kerberos krb5 was updated to fix several security issues and bugs.

Security issues fixed: CVE-2014-5351: The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) sent old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allowed remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.

CVE-2014-5352: In the MIT krb5 libgssapi_krb5 library, after gss_process_context_token() is used to process a valid context deletion token, the caller was left with a security context handle containing a dangling pointer. Further uses of this handle would have resulted in use-after-free and double-free memory access violations. libgssrpc server applications such as kadmind were vulnerable as they can be instructed to call gss_process_context_token().

CVE-2014-9421: If the MIT krb5 kadmind daemon receives invalid XDR data from an authenticated user, it may have performed use-after-free and double-free memory access violations while cleaning up the partial deserialization results. Other libgssrpc server applications might also been vulnerable if they contain insufficiently defensive XDR functions.

CVE-2014-9422: The MIT krb5 kadmind daemon incorrectly accepted authentications to two-component server principals whose first component is a left substring of 'kadmin' or whose realm is a left prefix of the default realm.

CVE-2014-9423: libgssrpc applications including kadmind output four or eight bytes of uninitialized memory to the network as part of an unused 'handle' field in replies to clients.

Bugs fixed:

  • Work around replay cache creation race; (bnc#898439).
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0290-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-5351 No score

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5351
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2498-1 No score

krb5 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly sent old keys in response to a -randkey -keepold request. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-5351)

It was discovered that the libgssapi_krb5 library incorrectly processed security context handles. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-5352)

Patrik Kis discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled LDAP queries with no results. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to cause the KDC to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-5353)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled creating database entries for a keyless principal when using LDAP. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to cause the KDC to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-5354)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled memory when processing XDR data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause kadmind to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9421)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled two-component server principals. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform impersonation attacks. (CVE-2014-9422)

It was discovered that the libgssrpc library leaked uninitialized bytes. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2014-9423)

Record
USN-2498-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
krb5
Debian:12
before 1.12.1+dfsg-10
1.12.1+dfsg-10
krb5
Debian:13
before 1.12.1+dfsg-10
1.12.1+dfsg-10
krb5
Debian:14
before 1.12.1+dfsg-10
1.12.1+dfsg-10
krb5
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u9, plus listed versions
1.10.1+dfsg-51.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u11.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u21.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u31.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u4
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1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u51.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u61.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u71.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u8
1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u9
krb5
Mageia:3
before 1.11.1-1.5.mga3
1.11.1-1.5.mga3
krb5
Mageia:4
before 1.11.4-1.2.mga4
1.11.4-1.2.mga4
krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.12.1-9.1
1.12.1-9.1
krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.12.1-9.1
1.12.1-9.1
krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.12.1-9.1
1.12.1-9.1
krb5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.12.1-9.1
1.12.1-9.1
krb5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1, plus listed versions
1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu11.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu11.12+dfsg-2ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu31.12+dfsg-2ubuntu41.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
krb5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1, plus listed versions
1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu11.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu11.12+dfsg-2ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu31.12+dfsg-2ubuntu41.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1
krb5
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 54 CVEs
before 1.15-1.1
1.15-1.1

History

History
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affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-5351 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Mit Kerberos 5, published October 9, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.62%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in krb5 1.12.1+dfsg-10.

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