CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-4151
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-10-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The krb5_db2_lockout_audit function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8 through 1.8.4, when the db2 (aka Berkeley DB) back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1528.
Affected configurations
• mit kerberos 5 1.8
• mit kerberos 5 1.8.1
• mit kerberos 5 1.8.2
• mit kerberos 5 1.8.3
• mit kerberos 5 1.8.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-006.txt Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659251 US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70891 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-006.txt Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/659251 US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70891 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com