DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0281

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0281

    Published: 10 Feb 2011Last Modified: 14 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-0281

    Summary:

    Details: The unparse implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.9, when an LDAP backend is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon hang) via a principal name that triggers use of a backslash escape sequence, as demonstrated by a \n sequence.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0281

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: krb5

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.3+dfsg-5

    Affected versions

    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