CVE-2018-5709

krb5: integer overflow in dbentry->n_key_data in kadmin/dbutil/dump.c

Published Jan 16, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. There is a variable "dbentry->n_key_data" in kadmin/dbutil/dump.c that can store 16-bit data but unknowingly the developer has assigned a "u4" variable to it, which is for 32-bit data. An attacker can use this vulnerability to affect other artifacts of the database as we know that a Kerberos database dump file contains trusted data.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-17478 An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. There is a variable "dbentry->n_key_data" in kadmin/dbutil/dump.c that can store 16-bit data but unknowingly the developer has assigned a "u4" variable to it, which is for 32-bit data. An attacker can use this vulnerability to affect other artifacts of the database as we know that a Kerberos database dump file contains trusted data.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:40 AM
Reserved
Jan 16, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 16, 2018, 9:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM
Severity
Public date
Jan 15, 2018, 12:00 AM