Kerberos4 KDC "double-free" Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:1465

Info

Kerberos4 KDC "double-free" Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1465
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 09 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 09 2000 12:00AM
Credit: First posted to Bugtraq by Tom Yu <[email protected]> on June 9, 2000.
Vulnerable: MIT Kerberos 5 5.0 -1.1.1
MIT Kerberos 5 5.0 -1.1
MIT Kerberos 5 5.0 -1.0.x
MIT Kerberos 4 4.0 patch 10
Cygnus KerbNet 5.0 .x
Cygnus Cygnus Network Security 4.0 .x
Not Vulnerable: KTH Kerberos 4 1.0 .x
KTH Heimdal 0.2 a-t
KTH Heimdal 0.1 a-m

Discussion

Kerberos4 KDC "double-free" Denial of Service Vulnerability

Kerberos4 KDC and Kerberos5 KDC enabled to serve Kerberos4 tickets can be made to improperly free allocated memory twice, resulting in unstable operation or denial of service.

Exploit / POC

Solution / Fix

Kerberos4 KDC "double-free" Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Patches and the MIT advisory are available at:

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/index.html

References

Kerberos4 KDC "double-free" Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:
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