APP: MIT Kerberos KDC NULL Pointer Denial Of Service
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against MIT Kerberos KDC NULL Pointer. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.
Extended Description
MIT Kerberos is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability caused by a NULL-pointer dereference error. To exploit this issue, an attacker sends a specially crafted request to a vulnerable KDC service. An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the KDC service, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. Due to the nature of this issue, arbitrary code execution may be possible; this has not been confirmed.
Affected Products
Mit kerberos_5
Short Name
APP:KERBEROS:KDC-NULL-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
CVE-2011-0283 Denial KDC Kerberos MIT NULL Of Pointer Service bid:46272
Release Date
04/04/2013
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3336
Port
UDP/88
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Mit
Gentoo
CVSS Score
5.0