Description
The unparse implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.9, when an LDAP backend is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon hang) via a principal name that triggers use of a backslash escape sequence, as demonstrated by a \n sequence.
Published: 2011-02-10
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 10.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1062-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
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Mit Kerberos Kerberos 5
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:51:07.754Z

Reserved: 2011-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0281

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-02-10T18:00:55.237

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0281

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0281 - Bugzilla

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