{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5353","details":"The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a successful LDAP query with no results, as demonstrated by using an incorrect object type for a password policy.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:47:20.343352Z","published":"2014-12-16T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2498-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-5353"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5353"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2498-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5353"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"krb5","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5@1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"}]}],"versions":["1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu1","1.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu2","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu1","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu2","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu3","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-admin-server"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-gss-samples"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-kdc"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-kdc-ldap"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-locales"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-multidev"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-otp"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-pkinit"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"krb5-user"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libgssapi-krb5-2"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libgssrpc4"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libk5crypto3"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libkadm5clnt-mit9"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libkadm5srv-mit8"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libkadm5srv-mit9"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libkdb5-7"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libkrad0"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libkrb5-3"},{"binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libkrb5support0"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5353.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}