High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-8630
CVE-2015-8630
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6bnvdPatch
- krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915nvd
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