{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9422","details":"The check_rpcsec_auth function in kadmin/server/kadm_rpc_svc.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass a kadmin/* authorization check and obtain administrative access by leveraging access to a two-component principal with an initial \"kadmind\" substring, as demonstrated by a \"ka/x\" principal.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:55:42.560443Z","published":"2015-02-03T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2498-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9422"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9422"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2015-001.txt"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2498-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9422"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"krb5","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/krb5@1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"}]}],"versions":["1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu1","1.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu2","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu1","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu2","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu3","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2","1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"krb5-admin-server","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-gss-samples","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-kdc","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-kdc-ldap","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-locales","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-multidev","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-otp","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-pkinit","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"krb5-user","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libgssapi-krb5-2","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libgssrpc4","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libk5crypto3","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libkadm5clnt-mit9","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libkadm5srv-mit8","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libkadm5srv-mit9","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libkdb5-7","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libkrad0","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libkrb5-3","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"},{"binary_name":"libkrb5support0","binary_version":"1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9422.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}