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CVE-2010-1321

MEDIUMEPSS 93th pctl
6.8
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The kg_accept_krb5 function in krb5/accept_sec_context.c in the GSS-API library in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.7.1 and 1.8 before 1.8.2, as used in kadmind and other applications, does not properly check for invalid GSS-API tokens, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AP-REQ message in which the authenticator's checksum field is missing.

How to fix

Remediation Available
heimdalDebian
Fixed in:1.4.0~git20100605.dfsg.1-1CVE-2010-1321
Fixed in:1.4.0~git20100605.dfsg.1-1CVE-2010-1321
Fixed in:1.4.0~git20100605.dfsg.1-1CVE-2010-1321
Fixed in:1.4.0~git20100605.dfsg.1-1CVE-2010-1321

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

6.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days
93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

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