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ANCHORE-2009-0845
ANCHORE-2009-0845
PUBLISHED
The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.3, when SPNEGO is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via invalid ContextFlags data in the reqFlags field in a negTokenInit token.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mit | krb5 | 1.5, 1.7, 1.5 |
Timeline
- Mar 27, 2009 CVE Published
- Aug 7, 2024 CVE Updated
- Mar 13, 2026 Distribution Patch
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248 url
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?user=guest&pass=guest&id=6402 url
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34347 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34594 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34617 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34622 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34628 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34630 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34637 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34640 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34734 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 url
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xml url
- http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/browse/krb5/trunk/src/lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c?r1=21875&r2=22084 url
- http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/changelog/krb5/?cs=22084 url
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256728-1 url
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 url
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htm url
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.html url
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