Input validation error in Kerberos - CVE-2013-6800
Published: November 18, 2013 / Updated: May 27, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42361
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6800
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote authenticated users 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1418.
Affected software
Kerberos
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6800
Install update from vendor's website.