Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2013-1418 is a remote denial-of-service issue in the MIT Kerberos KDC. In environments with multiple Kerberos realms, a crafted request can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the KDC daemon, disrupting authentication services. Exposure is most likely on servers running MIT Kerberos 5 KDC with multiple realms configured, especially older krb5 builds before documented fixed releases or unpatched distribution packages. Treat as a targeted availability risk to authentication infrastructure. It is not described as code execution, but a KDC crash can disrupt business logins and dependent services, so patch exposed multi-realm KDCs promptly. Mitigation focus: Upgrade MIT Kerberos krb5 to a vendor-supported fixed release or package.; Prioritize KDCs configured with multiple realms.; Check distribution advisories from Debian, openSUSE, Mageia, Red Hat, or your OS vendor..
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1026942CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180131 [SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/c2ccf4197f697c4ff143b8a786acdd875e70a89dCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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