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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.

Published

2013-03-05T04:54:02.927

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mit	kerberos_5	< 1.10.4	Yes

References

http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7527 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/55040 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/krb5-1.10/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/db64ca25d661a47b996b4e2645998b5d7f0eb52c Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7527 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55040 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/krb5-1.10/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/db64ca25d661a47b996b4e2645998b5d7f0eb52c Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)