CVE-2018-20217

krb5: Reachable assertion in the KDC using S4U2Self requests

Published Dec 26, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
A Reachable Assertion issue was discovered in the KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17. If an attacker can obtain a krbtgt ticket using an older encryption type (single-DES, triple-DES, or RC4), the attacker can crash the KDC by making an S4U2Self request.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1643-1 krb5 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2771-1 krb5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-12784 A Reachable Assertion issue was discovered in the KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17. If an attacker can obtain a krbtgt ticket using an older encryption type (single-DES, triple-DES, or RC4), the attacker can crash the KDC by making an S4U2Self request.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5828-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:58 AM
Reserved
Dec 19, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 26, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:52 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 2, 2018, 12:00 AM