CVE-2014-9421

krb5: kadmind doubly frees partial deserialization results (MITKRB5-SA-2015-001)

Published Feb 19, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 9.0 Critical EPSS 6.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-146-1 krb5 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3153-1 krb5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9242 The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2498-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:47 PM
Reserved
Dec 26, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 19, 2015, 11:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:18 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 3, 2015, 12:00 AM