CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-0847

MEDIUMEPSS 85th pctl
4.3
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The asn1buf_imbed function in the ASN.1 decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.3, when PK-INIT is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length value that triggers an erroneous malloc call, related to incorrect calculations with pointer arithmetic.

How to fix

Remediation Available
krb5Debian
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0847
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0847
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0847
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13CVE-2009-0847

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.77%probability of exploitation in 30 days
85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

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