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CVE-2021-37750

2021-08-2300:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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mit kerberos 5
kdc
null pointer
dereference
do_tgs_req.c
fast inner body
server field

CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

73.3%

The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before
1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.3 has a NULL pointer dereference in
kdc/do_tgs_req.c via a FAST inner body that lacks a server field.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
ccdm94 this vulnerability was introduced by commit 39548a5, as established by upstream. Prior to this commit, an error would occur instead of the null deference. In the patch notes, the CVE is described as affecting releases 1.14 and later only (meaning that xenial and trusty are not affected by this).
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchkrb5< 1.16-2ubuntu0.4UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchkrb5< 1.17-6ubuntu4.3UNKNOWN

CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

73.3%