MIT Kerberos 5 – ‘src/kdc/do_tgs_req.c’ Ticket Renewal Double-Free Memory Corruption
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39599/info MIT Kerberos is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. An authenticated attacker can exploit this issue by sending specially crafted ticket-renewal requests to a vulnerable computer. Successfully exploiting this issue can allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges, completely compromising the affected computer. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition. The following proof-of-concept command is available: % kinit -R We currently are unaware of any exploits that result in code-execution. |