Denial of service in Kerberos - CVE-2017-11368
Published: October 19, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8901
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11368
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MIT
Affected software:
Kerberos
Kerberos
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an assertion failure. A remote attacker can send invalid S4U2Self or S4U2Proxy requests and cause the krb5kdc service to exit on a targeted system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to an assertion failure. A remote attacker can send invalid S4U2Self or S4U2Proxy requests and cause the krb5kdc service to exit on a targeted system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11368
Update to version 1.14.6 or 1.15.2.