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CVE-2009-0846

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl
10.0
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
krb5Debian
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0846
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0846
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0846
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0846

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

8.90%probability of exploitation in 30 days
95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

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