CVE-2009-0846 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-0846

The asn1_decode_generaltime function in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_decode.c in the ASN.1 GeneralizedTime decoder...

Vulnerability Description

The asn1_decode_generaltime function in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_decode.c in the ASN.1 GeneralizedTime decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an invalid DER encoding that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

kerberos 5, fedora, ubuntu linux, mac os x, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 9, 10, 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 4.0, 3.0, 4.7, 2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 9th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.