Improper Input Validation Affecting kerberos package, versions [1.9,1.9.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
61.02% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006787
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Oct 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Oct 2011

CVE-2011-1527  (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 kdb_ldap plugin in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a kinit operation with incorrect string case for the realm, related to the is_principal_in_realm, krb5_set_error_message, krb5_ldap_get_principal, and process_as_req functions.

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