krb5 — security advisory
Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.
- Products
- krb5
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.12.1+dfsg-7
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-4345
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4345
krb5
Fixed versions: 1.12.1+dfsg-7
krb5
Fixed versions: 1.12.1+dfsg-7
krb5
Fixed versions: 1.12.1+dfsg-7
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:28.452678200Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 413965,
"published_at": "2014-08-14T05:01:50.817+00:00"
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