Numeric Errors Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.57% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KRB5-396056
  • published9 Apr 2009
  • disclosed9 Apr 2009

Introduced: 9 Apr 2009

CVE-2009-0847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable krb5 to version 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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