Improper Input Validation Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.10.1+dfsg-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
95.52% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KRB5-395810
  • published29 May 2013
  • disclosed29 May 2013

Introduced: 29 May 2013

CVE-2002-2443  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable krb5 to version 1.10.1+dfsg-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

schpw.c in the kpasswd service in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.11.3 does not properly validate UDP packets before sending responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged packet that triggers a communication loop, as demonstrated by krb_pingpong.nasl, a related issue to CVE-1999-0103.

CVSS Scores

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