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CVE-2018-20217

Published: 26 December 2018

A Reachable Assertion issue was discovered in the KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.17. If an attacker can obtain a krbtgt ticket using an older encryption type (single-DES, triple-DES, or RC4), the attacker can crash the KDC by making an S4U2Self request.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain S4U2Self requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
krb5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1.16-2ubuntu0.3)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.17-6ubuntu4)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.17-10)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.17-10)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.17-10)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.17-10)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.17-10)
trusty
Released (1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (1.17)
xenial
Released (1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/5e6d1796106df8ba6bc1973ee0917c170d929086
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H