CVE-2011-0284

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0284
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-20 02:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDouble 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.7 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.7.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.8 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.8.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.8.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.8.3 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#943220 - MIT KDC vulnerable to double-free when PKINIT enabled af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fedora update for krb5 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MIT Kerberos KDC 'do_as_req.c' Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: krb5-1.9-6.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
MIT Kerberos KDC Double Free in perpare_error_as() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: krb5-1.8.2-9.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat update for krb5 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Kerberos KDC "prepare_error_as" Double-Free Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: krb5-1.7.1-18.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Ubuntu update for krb5 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-1088-1: Kerberos vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:048 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/71183 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-003.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
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