CVE-2018-5710

krb5: null pointer deference in strlen function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c

Published Jan 16, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. The pre-defined function "strlen" is getting a "NULL" string as a parameter value in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC), which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a modified kadmin client.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-17479 An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. The pre-defined function "strlen" is getting a "NULL" string as a parameter value in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC), which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a modified kadmin client.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:40 AM
Reserved
Jan 16, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 16, 2018, 9:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM
Severity
Public date
Jan 15, 2018, 12:00 AM