CVE-2012-1014
krb5 - denial of service
EPSS 4.2%
Description
The process_as_req function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AS-REQ request.
How to fix CVE-2012-1014
To remediate CVE-2012-1014, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/krb5—upgrade to 1.10.1+dfsg-2 or later
- Debian/krb5—upgrade to 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze6 or later
Is CVE-2012-1014 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.10.1+dfsg-2
- from 0, < 1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze6