The policy RPC stubs in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.3 and later do not reject a NULL policy name decoded by…
The policy RPC stubs in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.3 and later do not reject a NULL policy name decoded by xdr_nullstring(), which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (kadmind crash via NULL pointer dereference) by sending a policy request with an empty policy name that reaches authorization checks or logging code.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- CVSS v3.1
- 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Exposure class
- Identity, Operating system
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Why it ranks 36 (Notable)
- CVSS v3.1 6.5 medium
- Exposed product class: identity
- Widely deployed vendor product (Red Hat)
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.