CVE-2011-0281
N/A
Published: February 10, 2011 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorKerberos 5Kerberos
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The unparse implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.9, when an LDAP backend is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon hang) via a principal name that triggers use of a backslash escape sequence, as demonstrated by a \n sequence.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (22)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos/2010-December/016800.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43260Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43273Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43275Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8073x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-002.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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