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

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2011-04-15 00:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51


NVD link : CVE-2011-0285

Mitre link : CVE-2011-0285

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-0285


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Products Affected

mit

  • kerberos_5
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation