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CVE-2012-1015

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
06/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The kdc_handle_protected_negotiation function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 attempts to calculate a checksum before verifying that the key type is appropriate for a checksum, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer free, heap memory corruption, and daemon crash) via a crafted AS-REQ request.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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