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TI-2014-03550 Aliases CVE-2014-4342GHSA-734c-f6jq-56f9

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to…

Priority LOW 32CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read or NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06523 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 35

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.8:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*5-1.8 alpha1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5-1.10.5Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5-1.10.6Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5-1.10.7Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.8:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5-1.8 alpha1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5-1.10.5 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5-1.10.6 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5-1.10.7 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
Show 25 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.5Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.5 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2015:0439 Released 2015-03-05 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    krb5 security, bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) krb5-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-libs-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-pkinit-1.12.2-14.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) krb5-devel-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-ldap-1.12.2-14.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) krb5-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-libs-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-pkinit-1.12.2-14.el7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) krb5-devel-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-server-ldap-1.12.2-14.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) krb5-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-devel-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-devel-1.12.2-14.el7.ppc +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) krb5-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-devel-1.12.2-14.el7, krb5-libs-1.12.2-14.el7 +4
  • RHSA-2014:1389 Released 2014-10-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    krb5 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) krb5-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-libs-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-pkinit-openssl-1.10.3-33.el6 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) krb5-devel-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-server-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-server-ldap-1.10.3-33.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) krb5-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-libs-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-pkinit-openssl-1.10.3-33.el6 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) krb5-devel-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-server-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-server-ldap-1.10.3-33.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) krb5-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-devel-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-devel-1.10.3-33.el6.ppc +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) krb5-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-devel-1.10.3-33.el6, krb5-libs-1.10.3-33.el6 +4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0439
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0439
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0439
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0439
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0439
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0439
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-4342
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-734c-f6jq-56f9

References

Patch 2

Advisory 5

Sources

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