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CVE-2009-4212

Published: Jan 13, 2010 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
10 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4212
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

Multiple integer underflows in the (1) AES and (2) RC4 decryption functionality in the crypto library in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.3 through 1.6.3, and 1.7 before 1.7.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by providing ciphertext with a length that is too short to be valid.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KerberosMit5-1.6.3 (including)5-1.6.3 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.3 (including)1.3 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.3.1 (including)1.3.1 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.3.2 (including)1.3.2 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.3.3 (including)1.3.3 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.3.4 (including)1.3.4 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.3.5 (including)1.3.5 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.3.6 (including)1.3.6 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4 (including)1.4 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4.2 (including)1.4.2 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4.3 (including)1.4.3 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.4.4 (including)1.4.4 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.5.1 (including)1.5.1 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.5.2 (including)1.5.2 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.5.3 (including)1.5.3 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.6 (including)1.6 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.6.1 (including)1.6.1 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
Kerberos_5Mit1.7 (including)1.7 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkrb5-0:1.2.7-71*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkrb5-0:1.3.4-62.el4_8.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 Z StreamRedHatkrb5-0:1.3.4-60.el4_7.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkrb5-0:1.6.1-36.el5_4.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Z StreamRedHatkrb5-0:1.6.1-25.el5_2.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3.Z - Server OnlyRedHatkrb5-0:1.6.1-31.el5_3.4*
Krb5Ubuntudapper*
Krb5Ubuntuhardy*
Krb5Ubuntuintrepid*
Krb5Ubuntujaunty*
Krb5Ubuntukarmic*
Krb5Ubuntuupstream*

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