CVE-2009-0845

Published: 27 March 2009

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
krb5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable
	gutsy	Released (1.6.dfsg.1-7ubuntu0.2)
	hardy	Released (1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2ubuntu1.1)
	intrepid	Released (1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-3ubuntu0.1)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-755-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0845
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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