CVE-2009-0844

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-04-07
Bugzilla:
491033: CVE-2009-0844 krb5: buffer over-read in SPNEGO GSS-API mechanism (MITKRB5-SA-2009-001)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0844 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (krb5) RHSA-2009:0408 2009-04-07

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