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krb5: KDC denial of service in cross-realm referral processing (MITKRB5-SA-2009-003)

Published Dec 29, 2009

Description

The prep_reprocess_req function in kdc/do_tgs_req.c in the cross-realm referral implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a ticket request.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of krb5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (10)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 29, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 22, 2009
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Dec 28, 2009