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CVE-2013-1417 json

do_tgs_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11 before 1.11.4, when a single-component realm name is us…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1455

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

do_tgs_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11 before 1.11.4, when a single-component realm name is used, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a TGS-REQ request that triggers an attempted cross-realm referral for a host-based service principal.

Patch / fix

  • krb5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.11.3+dfsg-3+nmu1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1417

  • krb5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.15-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1417 updated cvss 3.5

krb5: KDC null deref due to referrals

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 krb5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, krb5-workstation, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 krb5, libkadm5, krb5-libs, krb5-pkinit, krb5-server, krb5-server-ldap, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/4c023ba43c16396f0d199e2df1cfa59b88b62acc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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