CVE-2009-0846

N/A
Published: April 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM UTC
9 products affected across 5 vendorsmacOSFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 10.5.7
Affected range stops below 10.5.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.6.4
Affected range stops below 1.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (50)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0409.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0410.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34598

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-824

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