CVE-2009-4212

MIT Kerberos 5 <1.7.1 - DoS/Arbitrary Code Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple integer underflows in the (1) AES and (2) RC4 decryption functionality in the crypto library in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.3 through 1.6.3, and 1.7 before 1.7.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by providing ciphertext with a length that is too short to be valid.

References (31)

Core 31
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033915.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033919.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38140
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0096
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074869
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38126
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1969
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-881-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-004.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:006
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023440
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38080
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-275530-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021779.1-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8192
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38203
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38108
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37749
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11272
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0029.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7357
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38696
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0129
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38184

Scores

EPSS 0.1648
EPSS Percentile 95.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (21)
mit/kerberos 5-1.6.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.5
mit/kerberos_5 1.3.6
mit/kerberos_5 1.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.4.1
... and 11 more
Published Jan 13, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026