CVE-2003-0072 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Kerberos 5 (krb5) versions 1.2.7 and earlier. An authenticated remote attacker can crash KDCs within the same realm by sending a specific protocol request that triggers an out-of-bounds array read. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2.beta1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.2.2.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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