CVE-2018-5729
4.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.08%
Description
MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or bypass a DN container check by supplying tagged data that is internal to the database module.
How to fix CVE-2018-5729
To remediate CVE-2018-5729, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/krb5—upgrade to 1.16.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-5729 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.16.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |