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CVE-2009-0845 Detail

Description

The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.3, when SPNEGO is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via invalid ContextFlags data in the reqFlags field in a negTokenInit token.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?user=guest&pass=guest&id=6402 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34347 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml CVE, MITRE
http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/browse/krb5/trunk/src/lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c?r1=21875&r2=22084 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/changelog/krb5/?cs=22084 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm CVE, MITRE
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html CVE, MITRE
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html CVE, MITRE
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-001.txt CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 CVE, MITRE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:082 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502526/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34257 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021867 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0847 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49448 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10044 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6449 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0845
NVD Published Date:
03/27/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE