CVE-2012-1014
highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (4)
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references (9)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00016.htmlcnnvd
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2012-001.txtcnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2518cnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00016.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2012-001.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2518enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00016.htmlnvd
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2012-001.txtPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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