CVE-2018-20217

MEDIUM

MIT Kerberos <1.17 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0267
EPSS Percentile 85.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-617
Status published

Affected Products (3)

mit/kerberos < 5-1.17
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Dec 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026