CVE-2011-0283

Description

The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request packet that does not trigger a response packet.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.21% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mit.edu Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43260	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-002.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516299/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025037	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46272	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8073	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0330	vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0283?: CVE-2011-0283 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0283?: To fix CVE-2011-0283, 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-2011-0283 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2011-0283 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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