Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos
CVE-2011-0281
The unparse implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.9, when an LDAP backend is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon hang) via a principal name that triggers use of a backslash escape sequence, as demonstrated by a \n sequence.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mit Kerberos — versions 5-1.6.3
- Mit Kerberos 5 — versions 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46265 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/46397 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0347 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43260 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0333 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0199.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43273 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-002.txt (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-0281?
- CVE-2011-0281 is a vulnerability in Mit Kerberos, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2011-02-10.
- Is CVE-2011-0281 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.