Short Name |
APP:KERBEROS:XREALM-DOS |
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Severity |
Minor |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
MIT Kerberos KDC Cross Realm Referral Denial of Service |
Release Date |
2010/10/19 |
Update Number |
1794 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
A denial of service vulnerability exists in MIT's Kerberos. The vulnerability is due to a NULL pointer dereference in the KDC cross-realm referral processing implementation. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted packet to an affected KDC, causing it to crash, creating a denial of service condition.
MIT Kerberos is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability caused by a NULL-pointer dereference. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the KDC service, resulting in denial-of-service conditions. Given the nature of this issue, the attacker may also be able to run arbitrary code, but this has not been confirmed. UPDATE (January 5, 2010): To exploit this vulnerability, attackers must authenticate. MIT Kerberos 5 1.7 is vulnerable.