CVE - CVE-2011-0285

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-0285	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BUGTRAQ:20110413 MITKRB5-SA-2011-004 kadmind invalid pointer free() [CVE-2011-0285] URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517484/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621726 CONFIRM:http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=6899 CONFIRM:http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-5333 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2011:077 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:077 REDHAT:RHSA-2011:0447 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0447.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2011:0348 URL:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843 BID:47310 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47310 OSVDB:71789 URL:http://osvdb.org/71789 SECTRACK:1025320 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025320 SECUNIA:44125 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44125 SECUNIA:44196 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44196 SECUNIA:44181 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44181 SREASON:8200 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8200 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0936 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0936 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0986 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0986 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0997 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0997
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Date Entry Created
20110103	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110103)
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