CVE-2004-0644

N/A Unknown

Published: September 28, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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