Denial of Service Vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 by MIT
CVE-2018-5710

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Mit

Status
Kerberos
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 January 2018

What is CVE-2018-5710?

A vulnerability exists in MIT Kerberos 5 where the 'strlen' function can receive a NULL string as a parameter. This issue is located in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) within the ldap_principal2.c file. A remote authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability by using a modified kadmin client to cause a denial of service condition through a NULL pointer dereference. This can lead to system instability and service interruptions, effectively impacting users relying on Kerberos for authentication services.

References

https://github.com/poojamnit/Kerberos-V5-1.16-Vulnerabili...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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