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CVE-2004-0644

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Description

The asn1buf_skiptail function in the ASN.1 decoder library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain BER encoding.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2139

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10014

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17160

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.html

http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0045/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11079

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/550464

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-003-asn1.txt

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-350.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-09-28

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08582

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