National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1013

Overview

The check_1_6_dummy function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x, 1.9.x, and 1.10.x before 1.10.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a KRB5_KDB_DISALLOW_ALL_TIX create request that lacks a password.

Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/c5be6209311d4a8f10fda37d0d3f876c1b33b77b

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/c5be6209311d4a8f10fda37d0d3f876c1b33b77b

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0834

Hyperlink:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083635

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827517

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827517

External Source: BID

Name: 53784

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53784

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:102

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:102

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.10/

Hyperlink:http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.10/

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1131

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1131.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [kerberos-announce] 20120531 krb5-1.10.2 is released

Hyperlink:http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos-announce/2012q2/000136.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?user=guest&pass=guest&id=7152

Hyperlink:http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?user=guest&pass=guest&id=7152