Upstream information
Description
The process_as_req function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AS-REQ request.NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Novell/SUSE information
Novell Bugzilla entry: 770172 SUSE Security Advisories:- openSUSE-SU-2012:0967-1, published Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:08:40 +0200 (CEST)