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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-0847
The asn1buf_imbed function in the ASN.1 decoder in MIT Kerberos...
Vulnerability Description
The asn1buf_imbed function in the ASN.1 decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.3, when PK-INIT is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length value that triggers an erroneous malloc call, related to incorrect calculations with pointer arithmetic.
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
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502526/100/0/threaded
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0960
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6387
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34637
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2084
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34640
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021993
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-001.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34617
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34628
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34734
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34622
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34594
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
kerberos
Vulnerable Versions:
5-1.6.3
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.