CVE-2011-0285

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    CVE-2011-0285

    Published: 15 Apr 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request that triggers an error condition.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/44125, http://secunia.com/advisories/44181, http://secunia.com/advisories/44196, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:077, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0936, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0986, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0997, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621726, http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=6899, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html, http://osvdb.org/71789, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8200, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0447.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517484/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47310, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025320, https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843

    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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