Description
The asn1_decode_generaltime function in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_decode.c in the ASN.1 GeneralizedTime decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an invalid DER encoding that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.
Published: 2009-04-09
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 50.0% High
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
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://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000059.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0409.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0410.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34598 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://secunia.com/advisories/35667 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-2009-002.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/1/502527/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504683/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34409 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021994 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.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0008.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/2009/2084 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0846 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10694 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5483 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6301 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0846 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
History

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Apple Mac Os X
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Mit Kerberos 5
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Eus Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:48:52.498Z

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

Link: CVE-2009-0846

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-09T00:30:00.267

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

Link: CVE-2009-0846

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Severity : Critical

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

Links: CVE-2009-0846 - Bugzilla

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