CVE-2006-5989

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2006-11-13
Bugzilla:
1618232: CVE-2006-5989 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Off-by-one error in the der_get_oid function in mod_auth_kerb 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Kerberos message that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the component array.

Find out more about CVE-2006-5989 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (mod_auth_kerb) RHSA-2006:0746 2006-12-06

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