CVE-2009-0844

Publication date 9 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The get_input_token function in the SPNEGO implementation in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly obtain sensitive information via a crafted length value that triggers a buffer over-read.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
krb5 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-3ubuntu0.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2ubuntu1.1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.6.dfsg.1-7ubuntu0.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-755-1
    • Kerberos vulnerabilities
    • 7 April 2009

Other references