CVE-2010-0283 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Kerberos Key Distribution Center by sending invalid AS-REQ or TGS-REQ requests, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0283?
CVE-2010-0283 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 21 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 before 1.7.2, and 1.8 alpha, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via an invalid (1) AS-REQ or (2) TGS-REQ request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0283?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mit Kerberos, Mit Kerberos 5.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0283?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0283 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0283 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0283, GHSA-jwfx-h8qj-v94c.