UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5355

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5355
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5355.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5355
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2015-02-20T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:32:07.615980Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5readmessage data field is represented as a string ending with a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a zero-byte version string or (2) cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by omitting the '\0' character, related to appl/user_user/server.c and lib/krb5/krb/recvauth.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5@1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu1
1.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu2
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu1
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu2
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu3
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-admin-server",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-admin-server-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-gss-samples",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-gss-samples-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-kdc-ldap-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-locales",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-multidev",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-otp",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-otp-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-pkinit",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-pkinit-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-user",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "krb5-user-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgssapi-krb5-2",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgssapi-krb5-2-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgssrpc4",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgssrpc4-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libk5crypto3",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libk5crypto3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5clnt-mit9",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5clnt-mit9-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit8",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit9",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkadm5srv-mit9-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdb5-7",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdb5-7-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrad-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrad0",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrad0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5-3",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5-3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5-dbg",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5support0",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrb5support0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}