CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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Original NVD Description
Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.