CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0846

10.0 HIGH Published 2009-04-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2009-04-09
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-824

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 configurations

• mit kerberos 5 (< 1.6.4) • fedoraproject fedora 9 • fedoraproject fedora 10 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • apple mac os x (< 10.5.7) • redhat enterprise linux 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 3.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 4.7 • redhat enterprise linux server 2.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 3.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 2.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 3.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000059.html Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0409.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0410.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34598 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35667 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1 Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm Third Party Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html Broken Link
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-002.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120 Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502527/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504683/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34409 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021994 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0008.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0960 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2084 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10694 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5483 Broken Link
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.html Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.html Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000059.html Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0409.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0410.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34598 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35667 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1 Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm Third Party Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html Broken Link
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-002.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120 Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html Broken Link