Denial of Service Vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 LDAP KDB Module

CVE-2016-3119 · LOW Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

The process_db_args function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.4 and 1.14.x through 1.14.1 mishandles the DB argument, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted request to modify a principal.

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