CVE-2011-0283

krb5: uninitialized pointer use in krb5kdc leads to KDC crash

Published Feb 10, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request packet that does not trigger a response packet.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0309 The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request packet that does not trigger a response packet.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:51 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 10, 2011, 6:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:27 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 8, 2011, 12:00 AM