krb5 — security advisory
The kdb_ldap plugin in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a kinit operation with incorrect string case for the realm, related to the is_principal_in_realm, krb5_set_error_message, krb5_ldap_get_principal, and process_as_req functions.
- Products
- krb5
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.10+dfsg~alpha1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-1527
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:57 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The kdb_ldap plugin in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.9 through 1.9.1, when the LDAP back end is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a kinit operation with incorrect string case for the realm, related to the is_principal_in_realm, krb5_set_error_message, krb5_ldap_get_principal, and process_as_req functions.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1527
krb5
Fixed versions: 1.10+dfsg~alpha1-1
krb5
Fixed versions: 1.10+dfsg~alpha1-1
krb5
Fixed versions: 1.10+dfsg~alpha1-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:30.260315956Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417295,
"published_at": "2011-10-20T21:55:00.857+00:00"
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