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CVE-2011-0285

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.

Published

2011-04-15T00:55:00.990

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mit	kerberos_5	1.7	Yes
Application	mit	kerberos_5	1.7.1	Yes
Application	mit	kerberos_5	1.8	Yes
Application	mit	kerberos_5	1.8.1	Yes
Application	mit	kerberos_5	1.8.2	Yes
Application	mit	kerberos_5	1.8.3	Yes
Application	mit	kerberos_5	1.9	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621726 ([email protected])
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=6899 ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/71789 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44125 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44181 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44196 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8200 ([email protected])
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:077 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0447.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517484/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47310 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025320 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0936 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0986 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0997 ([email protected])
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843 ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621726 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=6899 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/71789 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44125 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44181 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44196 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8200 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:077 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0447.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517484/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47310 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025320 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0936 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0986 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0997 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)