SB2013111804 - Input validation error in MIT Kerberos
Published: November 18, 2013 Updated: May 27, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013111804
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1418)
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted request.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0335.html
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7757
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00026.html
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.10/README-1.10.7.txt
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.11/README-1.11.4.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63555
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1026942
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/c2ccf4197f697c4ff143b8a786acdd875e70a89d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html