CVE-2011-1529

MIT Kerberos 5 1.8-1.8.4 and 1.9-1.9.1 - Denial of Service via KDC Lockout Policy Lookup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The lookup_lockout_policy function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8 through 1.8.4 and 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the db2 (aka Berkeley DB) or LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via vectors that trigger certain process_as_req errors.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:159
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:160
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659251
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1379.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0238
EPSS Percentile 85.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (7)
mit/kerberos_5 1.8
mit/kerberos_5 1.8.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.8.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.8.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.8.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.9
mit/kerberos_5 1.9.1
Published Oct 20, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026