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A vulnerability was found in MIT Kerberos up to 5-1.13 (Network Authentication Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component XDR Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 02/03/2015 as MITKRB5-SA-2015-001 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at web.mit.edu. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-9421 since 12/26/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83874 (AIX NAS Advisory : nas_advisory3.asc), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350184 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for krb5: ALAS-2015-518).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100841) and Tenable (83874). See 69037, 69040, 69039 and 69192 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6
VulDB Base Score: 9.9
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 83874
Nessus Name: AIX NAS Advisory : nas_advisory3.asc
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2015-518
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
12/26/2014 🔍02/03/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mit.eduAdvisory: MITKRB5-SA-2015-001
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9421 (🔍)
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X-Force: 100841 - MIT krb5 kadmind code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031691 - MIT Kerberos Multiple Flaws in kadmind Let Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Remote Authenticted Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 48699 - MIT Kerberos 5 Remote DoS or Code Execution via Malformed XDR Data, High
SecurityFocus: 72496 - MIT Kerberos 5 'kadmind' Daemon CVE-2014-9421 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 02/05/2015 16:44Updated: 03/08/2022 14:16
Changes: 02/05/2015 16:44 (76), 07/07/2017 17:06 (6), 03/08/2022 14:11 (3), 03/08/2022 14:16 (1)
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