CVE-2009-0847 Integer overflow in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Kerberos server via crafted ASN.1 data when PK-INIT is enabled, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-0847?
CVE-2009-0847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Apr 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0847?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mit Kerberos.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0847?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-0847 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0847 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0847, GHSA-ph4p-rhxr-85rq.