NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package krb5  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-KRB5-647810
  • published5 Mar 2013
  • disclosed5 Mar 2013

Introduced: 5 Mar 2013

CVE-2012-1016  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.