Description
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.
Published: 2009-04-09
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: 3.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1766-1 New krb5 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0841 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-755-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-001.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502526/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34408 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021867 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0960 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0844 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6339 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9474 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0844 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.html cve-icon cve-icon
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Mit Kerberos Kerberos 5
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:48:52.434Z

Reserved: 2009-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0844

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-09T00:30:00.250

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0844

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0844 - Bugzilla

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