CVE-2014-4344 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MIT Kerberos 5 versions 1.5.x through 1.12.x, including distributions like Debian and Red Hat. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by sending an empty continuation token during a SPNEGO negotiation. The CVSS score of 7.8 indicates high severity with low attack complexity and a critical impact on availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is known, and community discussion is minimal, its FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100 suggests a notable potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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