CVE-2011-1527 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the kdb_ldap plugin of MIT Kerberos 5 (versions 1.9-1.9.1) when using an LDAP backend. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the KDC daemon by sending a kinit request with an incorrectly cased realm, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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