Improper Input Validation Affecting kerberos package, versions [,1.11.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.93% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006805
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-1417  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kerberos to version 1.11.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation do_tgs_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11 before 1.11.4, when a single-component realm name is used, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a TGS-REQ request that triggers an attempted cross-realm referral for a host-based service principal.

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