CVE-2015-8630 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 versions 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4, and 1.14.x before 1.14.1. Remote authenticated users can crash the kadmind daemon by providing a NULL policy name to the kadm5_create_principal_3 or kadm5_modify_principal functions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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