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CVE-2009-0846

Publication date 9 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

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
Fixed 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.8

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

Other references