CVE-2011-0281 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-0281

The unparse implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in...

Vulnerability Description

The unparse implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.9, when an LDAP backend is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon hang) via a principal name that triggers use of a backslash escape sequence, as demonstrated by a \n sequence.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

kerberos, kerberos 5
Vulnerable Versions:
5-1.6.3, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.9

Timeline

Official Publish: February 10th, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 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.