CVE-2012-1014

Published Aug 6, 2012

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9
Impact score
8.5
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations