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CVE-2012-1014

High
9/10

Summary

The process_as_req function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AS-REQ request.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • COMPLETE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published