CVE-2012-1012 (GCVE-0-2012-1012)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-07 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:10
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Summary
server/server_stubs.c in the kadmin protocol implementation in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10 before 1.10.1 does not properly restrict access to (1) SET_STRING and (2) GET_STRINGS operations, which might allow remote authenticated administrators to modify or read string attributes by leveraging the global list privilege.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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