Intrusion PreventionMIT.Kerberos.5.KDC.Null.Pointer.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a Denial-of-Service vulnerability in MIT Kerberos.
The vulnerability is caused by a NULL pointer dereference in function validate_as_request(). A remote attacker may be able to exploit this to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system.
Affected Products
MIT Kerberos 5 Prior to 1.14.3
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor.
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.14/
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-22 | 15.729 | Name:MIT. Kerberos5. KDC. Null. Pointer. DoS:MIT. Kerberos. 5. KDC. Null. Pointer. DoS |
| 2019-10-25 | 14.711 | Default_action:pass:drop |
| 2019-06-21 | 14.637 |
| ID | 42832 |
| Created | Jun 21, 2019 |
| Updated | May 04, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2016-3120 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 4.89% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS, Other |
| Affected App | Other |