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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0846: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0846: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/08/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/09/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-mit-krb5

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