NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kerberos package, versions [,1.18.4)[1.19.0,1.19.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.74% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006741
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Jul 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-36222  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kerberos to version 1.18.4, 1.19.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference ec_verify in kdc/kdc_preauth_ec.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.18.4 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash. This occurs because a return value is not properly managed in a certain situation.

CVSS Scores

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