Vulnerability in MIT Kerberos (CVE-2021-37750)
Summary
Vulnerability in MIT Kerberos (CVE-2021-37750). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.3 has a NULL pointer dereference in kdc/do_tgs_req.c via a FAST inner body that lacks a server field.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-37750 has been found in MIT Kerberos.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "MIT Kerberos CVE-2021-37750" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-37750 (MIT Kerberos) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in MIT Kerberos.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of MIT Kerberos.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで MIT Kerberos を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2021-37750 krb5 Fixed in: 1.18.5-r0
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory starwindsoftware.com
- patch web.mit.edu
- patch github.com
- patch oracle.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web web.mit.edu
- web starwindsoftware.com
- web github.com