CVE-2012-2551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The server in Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and reboot) via a crafted session request, aka "Kerberos NULL Dereference Vulnerability."

Published: 2012-10-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 61.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x64:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:::x86:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x64:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::sp1:x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:itanium:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::r2:x64:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.61326.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/50867
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55778
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027620
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-069
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15674

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 7 Windows Server 2008

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2012-10-09T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:34:25.872Z

Reserved: 2012-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2551

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-09T21:55:02.893

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2551

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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