CVE-2011-0285
The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to
02 Description
The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 20.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-04-15 00:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7cb9f1b599481606476f57a1d7d96877cb64d11ad4c8bef5efc0298f2447afed
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20110413 MITKRB5-SA-2011-004 kadmind invalid pointer free() [CVE-2011-0285]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517484/100/0/threaded
- web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0447http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0447.html
- www.securityfocus.com47310http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47310
- secunia.com44181http://secunia.com/advisories/44181
- www.securitytracker.com1025320http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025320
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:0348https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843
- secunia.com44125http://secunia.com/advisories/44125
- secunia.com44196http://secunia.com/advisories/44196
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0997http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0997
- osvdb.org71789http://osvdb.org/71789
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0936http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0936
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:077http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:077
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0986http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0986
- securityreason.com8200http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8200
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5333http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html
- krbdev.mit.eduhttp://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=6899
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621726
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- krb5 Fixed in 1.9.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- krb5 Fixed in 1.9.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- krb5 Fixed in 1.9.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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