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CVE-2012-1016

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT...

5.0 MediumFix available

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Exploit likelihood

2.58%Up 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Record
CVE-2012-1016
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Record
CVE-2012-1016
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1054 No score

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Record
EUVD-2012-1054
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-677f-pp67-87jc No score

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT...

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Record
GHSA-677f-pp67-87jc
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Record
CVE-2012-1016
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1016 No score

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1016
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1 No score

krb5-1.15-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the krb5-1.15-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2012-1016 No score

The pkinit_server_return_padata function in plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c in the PKINIT implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.10.4 attempts to find an agility KDF identifier in inappropriate circumstances, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted Draft 9 request.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1016
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2310-1 No score

krb5 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain crafted Draft 9 requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-1016)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain malformed KRB5_PADATA_PK_AS_REQ AS-REQ requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-1415)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain crafted TGS-REQ requests. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-1416)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain crafted requests when multiple realms were configured. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-1418, CVE-2013-6800)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain invalid tokens. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be used to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4342)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain mechanisms when used with SPNEGO. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be used to cause clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4343)

It was discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain continuation tokens during SPNEGO negotiations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4344)

Tomas Kuthan and Greg Hudson discovered that the Kerberos kadmind daemon incorrectly handled buffers when used with the LDAP backend. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-4345)

Record
USN-2310-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
krb5
Debian:12
before 1.10.1+dfsg-4+nmu1
1.10.1+dfsg-4+nmu1
krb5
Debian:13
before 1.10.1+dfsg-4+nmu1
1.10.1+dfsg-4+nmu1
krb5
Debian:14
before 1.10.1+dfsg-4+nmu1
1.10.1+dfsg-4+nmu1
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-pkinit-openssl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-server-ldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.1
krb5
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2, plus listed versions
1.10.1+dfsg-6.1ubuntu11.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu11.12+dfsg-2ubuntu21.12+dfsg-2ubuntu31.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
krb5
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 1.15-1.1
1.15-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-1016 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mit Kerberos 5, published March 3, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.58%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in krb5 1.10.1+dfsg-4+nmu1.

References

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