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CVE-2011-1527
Published: Oct 20, 2011
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The kdb_ldap plugin in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a kinit operation with incorrect string case for the realm, related to the is_principal_in_realm, krb5_set_error_message, krb5_ldap_get_principal, and process_as_req functions.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629558
x_refsource_CONFIRM
MDVSA-2011:159
vendor-advisory
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VU#659251
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-006.txt
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2011:1379
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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