CVE-2011-0285

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0285
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-15 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/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
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
RT/krbdev.mit.edu: Ticket #6899 kadmind frees invalid pointer [MITKRB5-SA-2011-004 CVE-2011-0285] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 krbdev.mit.edu
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: krb5-1.9-7.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat update for krb5 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Kerberos kadmind Can Be Crashed By a Remote Users Conducting an NMAP Scan - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:077 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
MIT Kerberos kadmind Change Password Feature Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE update for krb5 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
osvdb.org/71789 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
#621726 - krb5-admin-server: kadmind dies after nmap -sV - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Kerberos kadmind Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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