CVE-2009-0846

MIT Kerberos 5 < 1.6.4 - Denial of Service via ASN.1 GeneralizedTime Decoder

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (50)

Core 50
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504683/100/0/threaded
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502527/100/0/threaded
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0960
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35667
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0008.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2084
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34598
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0409.html
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021994
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0410.html
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-002.txt
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34409

Scores

EPSS 0.0890
EPSS Percentile 94.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-824
Status published
Products (18)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.5.7
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.10
fedoraproject/fedora 9
fedoraproject/fedora 10
mit/kerberos_5 < 1.6.4
redhat/enterprise_linux 4.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 3.0
... and 8 more
Published Apr 09, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026