CVE-2009-0844

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    CVE-2009-0844

    Published: 9 Apr 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34594, http://secunia.com/advisories/34617, http://secunia.com/advisories/34622, http://secunia.com/advisories/34628, http://secunia.com/advisories/34630, http://secunia.com/advisories/34637, http://secunia.com/advisories/34640, http://secunia.com/advisories/34734, http://secunia.com/advisories/35074, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-001.txt, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0960, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm, http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html, http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502526/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34408, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021867, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6339, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9474, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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