CVE-2009-0846

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.

Score: CVSS 2.0 10.0 Critical
Status: Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published: 2009-04-09
Last modified: 2024-08-07
Weaknesses: CWE-824

Affected products

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000059.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0409.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0410.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594
http://secunia.com/advisories/34598
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://secunia.com/advisories/35667
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-002.txt
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html