HTTP: MIT Kerberos 5 kadmind KADM5_POLICY Denial of Service
This signature detects attempts to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) on MIT Kerberos 5 kadmind service. Successful exploitation will cause the kadmin service to terminate.
Extended Description
The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.
Affected Products
Mit kerberos_5
References
CVE: CVE-2015-8630
Short Name
HTTP:DOS:MIT-KERBEROS-5-POLICY
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
5 CVE-2015-8630 Denial KADM5_POLICY Kerberos MIT Service kadmind of
Release Date
02/11/2016
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
3761
Port
TCP/749
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Mit
CVSS Score
5.0