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krb5: NULL pointer dereference (DoS, KDC crash) by processing certain TGS requests

Published Apr 19, 2013

Description

The prep_reprocess_req function in do_tgs_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.5 does not properly perform service-principal realm referral, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted TGS-REQ request.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue did not affect the versions of krb5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 19, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 24, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Mar 29, 2013
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 19, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2013-1454