CVE-2018-5710 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.16. The pre-defined function \strlen\ is getting a \NULL\ string as a parameter value in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a modified kadmin client.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/poojamnit/Kerberos-V5-1.16-Vulnerabilities/tree/master/Denial20Of20Service(DoS)

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5