critical10.0
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 remo…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mit | Kerberos 5 | before 1.6.4 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 9, 10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10 |
| Apple | Mac Os X | before 10.5.7 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 4.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Versions 3.0, 4.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | Version 4.7 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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