CVE-2018-20217

MEDIUM

MIT Kerberos < 1.17 - Denial of Service via S4U2Self Request with Older Encryption Type

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Reachable Assertion issue was discovered in the KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17. If an attacker can obtain a krbtgt ticket using an older encryption type (single-DES, triple-DES, or RC4), the attacker can crash the KDC by making an S4U2Self request.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8763
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0006/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0238
EPSS Percentile 85.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
mit/kerberos < 5-1.17
Published Dec 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026