Vulnerability Details CVE-2011-1527
The kdb_ldap plugin in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a kinit operation with incorrect string case for the realm, related to the is_principal_in_realm, krb5_set_error_message, krb5_ldap_get_principal, and process_as_req functions.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.038
EPSS Ranking 87.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.8
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629558
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-006.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659251
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:159
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1379.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629558
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-006.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659251
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:159
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1379.html
Products affected by CVE-2011-1527
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cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.1