Improper Input Validation Affecting kerberos package, versions [1.7,1.9]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
7.1% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006783
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Feb 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Feb 2011

CVE-2010-4022  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for kerberos.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The do_standalone function in the MIT krb5 KDC database propagation daemon (kpropd) in Kerberos 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9, when running in standalone mode, does not properly handle when a worker child process "exits abnormally," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (listening process termination, no new connections, and lack of updates in slave KVC) via unspecified vectors.

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