CVE-2011-0281 (GCVE-0-2011-0281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-02-10 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:51
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2157 records in the last 180 days details
References
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Date Public
2010-12-22 00:00
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