Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-0847
CVE-2009-0847
Description
The asn1buf_imbed function in the ASN.1 decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.3, when PK-INIT is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length value that triggers an erroneous malloc call, related to incorrect calculations with pointer arithmetic.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
38- web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2009-001.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34594nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34617nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34622nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34628nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34637nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34640nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34734nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35074nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-09.xmlnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3549nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-142.htmnvd
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047180.htmlnvd
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5047181.htmlnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0058nvd
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/662091nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502526/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502546/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34408nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-755-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0960nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0976nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1057nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1106nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2084nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2248nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6387nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00205.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00206.htmlnvd
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