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CVE-2014-4341

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-4341 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 10 products from mit, from redhat, from redhat and 7 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-07-20T11:12:50.823

Last Modified

2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mit	kerberos_5	< 1.12.2	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.5	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_tus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_tus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_tus	7.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	20	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nas_advisory1.asc Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7949 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136360.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59102 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60082 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60448 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:165 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68909 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030706 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94904 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e6ae703ae597d798e310368d52b8f38ee11c6a73 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nas_advisory1.asc Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7949 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136360.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59102 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60082 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60448 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:165 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68909 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030706 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94904 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e6ae703ae597d798e310368d52b8f38ee11c6a73 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mit's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.