MIT.Kerberos.KDC.LDAP.Back.Null.Pointer.Dereference.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Denial of Service vulnerability
in MIT Kerberos.
The vulnerability is due to an error when the vulnerable application handles incoming requests. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request.
Affected Products
MIT Kerberos prior to krb5-1.9.1
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the patch, available from the website.
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-006.txt
Telemetry
Coverage
IPS (Regular DB) | |
IPS (Extended DB) |