NULL pointer dereference in Mit Kerberos 5
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.
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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: 0.026 (84.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/55040 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/krb5-1.10/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/db64ca25d661a47b996b4e2645998b5d7f0eb52c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)