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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-5989: Mod_auth_kerb: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-5989: Mod_auth_kerb: Denial of service

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/20/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/28/2021

Description

Off-by-one error in the der_get_oid function in mod_auth_kerb 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Kerberos message that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the component array.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-apache-mod_auth_kerb

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