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.
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DSA-1766-1 | New krb5 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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USN-755-1 | Kerberos vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T04:48:52.589Z
Reserved: 2009-03-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-0845

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-03-27T16:30:02.157
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-0845


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