Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5

CVE-2011-0285 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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