CVE-2015-8630
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.6%
Description
The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.
How to fix CVE-2015-8630
To remediate CVE-2015-8630, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.14-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.13.2+dfsg-5 or later
Is CVE-2015-8630 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.14-r1
- from 0, < 1.13.2+dfsg-5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |