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CVE-2021-37750

CVE-2021-37750MEDIUM

n/a n/a — The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.3 has a NULL pointer dereference in k…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    6.5   .0250   84.5     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Jul 30  Reserved by mitre
  Aug 23  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2021-37750. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-476 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 9 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.3 has a NULL pointer dereference in kdc/do_tgs_req.c via a FAST inner body that lacks a server field.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
July 30, 2021	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
August 23, 2021	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2021-37750. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-476

References (9)

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/d775c95af7606a51bf79547a94fa52ddd1cb7f49 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/releases [Release Notes, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00019.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFCLW7D46E4VCREKKH453T5DA4XOLHU2/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0002/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/ [Vendor Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220817-0004/ [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2021-37750 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-476

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