CVE-2012-1016

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2013-03-05

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Kerberos 5 (Mit)

References

• http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7527
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55040
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/krb5-1.10/
• https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/db64ca25d661a47b996b4e2645998b5d7f0eb52c