CVE-2018-5709Patch(mit / kerberos)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch mit kerberos systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. There is a variable "dbentry->n_key_data" in kadmin/dbutil/dump.c that can store 16-bit data but unknowingly the developer has assigned a "u4" variable to it, which is for 32-bit data. An attacker can use this vulnerability to affect other artifacts of the database as we know that a Kerberos database dump file contains trusted data.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-190

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • kerberos

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
kerberos

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-11: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-03-11: 103-11
Signal classification1 categories
Patch
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • GCP Weekly@gcpweekly
    Patch

    This addresses the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2010-4756 CVE-2011-3389 CVE-2013-4392 CVE-2015-3276 CVE-2017-14159 CVE-2017-17740 CVE-2018-20796 CVE-2018-5709 CVE-2018-6829 CVE-2019-1010022 CVE-2019-1010023 CVE-2019-1010024 CVE-2019-1010025 CVE-2019-9192 CVE-2020-15719 9/19

    Post summary

    The statement lists multiple CVEs that are being addressed, likely through a patch or update, but offers no additional technical or exploit details.

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