CVE-2010-0283 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) of MIT Kerberos 5 versions 1.7 (before 1.7.2) and 1.8 alpha. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending malformed AS-REQ or TGS-REQ requests, leading to an assertion failure and daemon crash. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5-1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.8:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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