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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-20217

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.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.42% probability · 71th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
mit/kerberos · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.