6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Kerberos is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS).A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC processed certain TGS (Ticket-granting Server) requests. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC via a specially-crafted TGS request.
secunia.com/advisories/47124
securitytracker.com/id?1026374
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-007.txt
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:184
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1790.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520756/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/50929
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1790
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71655