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CVE-2011-0284 Detail

Description

Double free vulnerability in the prepare_error_as function in do_as_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9, when the PKINIT feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an e_data field containing typed data.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056413.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056573.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056579.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/71183 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43700 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43760 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43783 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43881 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025216 CVE, MITRE
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-003.txt CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943220 CVE, MITRE Patch  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:048 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0356.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517029/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46881 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1088-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0672 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0673 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0680 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0722 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0763 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66101 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-0284
NVD Published Date:
03/19/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE