CVE-2009-0847
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2009-0847 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of krb5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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