Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32240

#VU32240 NULL pointer dereference in Kerberos 5 - CVE-2016-3120

Published: August 1, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32240

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3120

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Kerberos 5

Software vendor:
MIT

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via an S4U2Self request.

Update to version 1.13.6.