CVE-2017-17439

Published Dec 6, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Heimdal through 7.4, remote unauthenticated attackers are able to crash the KDC by sending a crafted UDP packet containing empty data fields for client name or realm. The parser would unconditionally dereference NULL pointers in that case, leading to a segmentation fault. This is related to the _kdc_as_rep function in kdc/kerberos5.c and the der_length_visible_string function in lib/asn1/der_length.c.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4055-1 heimdal security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8603 In Heimdal through 7.4, remote unauthenticated attackers are able to crash the KDC by sending a crafted UDP packet containing empty data fields for client name or realm. The parser would unconditionally dereference NULL pointers in that case, leading to a segmentation fault. This is related to the _kdc_as_rep function in kdc/kerberos5.c and the der_length_visible_string function in lib/asn1/der_length.c.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:51 PM
Reserved
Dec 6, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 6, 2017, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:10 AM