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CVE-2009-3295
The prep_reprocess_req function in kdc/do_tgs_req.c in the cross-realm referral implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT…
Medium5.0EPSS 40.3%
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- mitre
Description
The prep_reprocess_req function in kdc/do_tgs_req.c in the cross-realm referral implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a ticket request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 40.3% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 37977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3652 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 37486 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20091228 MITKRB5-SA-2009-003 [CVE-2009-3295] KDC denial of service in cross-realm referral processing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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