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CVE-2009-0846 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List 
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000059.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124896429301168&w=2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0409.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0410.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34594 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34598 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34617 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34622 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34628 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34630 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34637 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34640 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34734 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35667 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-002.txt CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396120 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:098 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0408.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502527/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504683/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34409 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021994 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0008.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0960 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2084 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10694 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5483 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6301 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0846
NVD Published Date:
04/08/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE