VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-14867

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability7.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in IPA, all 4.6.x versions before 4.6.7, all 4.7.x versions before 4.7.4 and all 4.8.x versions before 4.8.3, in the way the internal function ber_scanf() was used in some components of the IPA server, which parsed kerberos key data. An unauthenticated attacker who could trigger parsing of the krb principal key could cause the IPA server to crash or in some conditions, cause arbitrary code to be executed on the server hosting the IPA server.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references