Cryptographic issues in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2010-1323

 

Cryptographic issues in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2010-1323

Published: July 7, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64989
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1323
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MIT
Affected software:
Kerberos 5

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to MIT Kerberos 5 does not properly determine the acceptability of checksums. A remote attacker can modify user-visible prompt text, modify a response to a Key Distribution Center (KDC), or forge a KRB-SAFE message via certain checksums that are unkeyed or use RC4 keys.


How to mitigate CVE-2010-1323

Install updates from vendor's website.

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