Description
The kadm5_randkey_principal_3 function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13 sends old keys in a response to a -randkey -keepold request, which allows remote authenticated users to forge tickets by leveraging administrative access.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- high
- Auth
- single
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- MIT
- Published
- 10/10/2014
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
mit : kerberos_5
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