CVE-2014-4342 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MIT Kerberos 5 versions 1.7.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2, as well as Debian, MIT, and Red Hat distributions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session, leading to a buffer over-read, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring low attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5-1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.8:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5-1.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5-1.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5-1.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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