CVE-2004-0644

MIT Kerberos 5 1.2.2-1.3.4 - Denial of Service via ASN.1 BER Encoding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The asn1buf_skiptail function in the ASN.1 decoder library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain BER encoding.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17160
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-350.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11079
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/550464
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2139
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_trustix
http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0045/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10014

Scores

EPSS 0.0900
EPSS Percentile 92.7%

Details

Status published
Products (12)
mit/kerberos_5 1.2.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.2.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.2.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.2.5
mit/kerberos_5 1.2.6
mit/kerberos_5 1.2.7
mit/kerberos_5 1.2.8
mit/kerberos_5 1.3 (2 CPE variants)
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.2
... and 2 more
Published Sep 28, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026