CVE-2010-0283

Description

The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 before 1.7.2, and 1.8 alpha, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via an invalid (1) AS-REQ or (2) TGS-REQ request.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.49% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38260 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481 vdb entry
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-001.txt vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035222.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023593 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39023 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509553/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/38598 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0283?
CVE-2010-0283 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0283?
To fix CVE-2010-0283, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0283 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0283 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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