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CVE-2018-5730 MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn...

LowCVSS 3.8 EPSS 2.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn" database argument, or by supplying a DN string which is a left extension of a container DN string but is not hierarchically within the container DN.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/krb5(Debian:12) < 1.16.1-1 1.16.1-1
debian/krb5(Debian:13) < 1.16.1-1 1.16.1-1
debian/krb5(Debian:14) < 1.16.1-1 1.16.1-1
mit kerberos 5 >= 5-1.6, < 5-1.21.2 5-1.21.2
fedoraproject fedora = 26 No fix listed
fedoraproject fedora = 27 No fix listed
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 9.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux desktop = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux workstation = 7.0 No fix listed

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