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title: "CVE-2019-14867\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-14867

Publication date 27 November 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14867?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freeipa | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Vulnerable |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Vulnerable |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Vulnerable |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Vulnerable |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14867?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| freeipa | * Upstream:   <https://pagure.io/freeipa/c/4abd2f76d76c4c1a1ec5087ec447f4515b63c2c6> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14867)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14867)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-14867)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14867)

### Other references

* <https://pagure.io/freeipa/c/4abd2f76d76c4c1a1ec5087ec447f4515b63c2c6>
* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14867>
* <https://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/4.6.7>
* <https://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/4.7.4>
* <https://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/4.8.3>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14867>