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CVE-2009-0847

Publication date 9 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

The asn1buf_imbed function in the ASN.1 decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.3, when PK-INIT is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length value that triggers an erroneous malloc call, related to incorrect calculations with pointer arithmetic.

Status

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