CVE-2014-5353
krb5: NULL pointer dereference when using a ticket policy name as a password policy name
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 6, 2014
Updated · August 5, 2026
Description
If kadmind were used with an LDAP back end for the KDC database, a remote, authenticated attacker who has the permissions to set the password policy could crash kadmind by attempting to use a named ticket policy object as a password policy for a principal.
Statement
This issue affects the version of krb5 package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not planned to be addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference