7.6

CVE-2011-0284: mit kerberos_5 Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.6v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2011:0356DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0284
Published 20-03-2011Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-0284 is a high (CVSS 7.6) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 8.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 20-03-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Double free vulnerability in the prepare_error_as function in do_as_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9, when the PKINIT feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an e_data field containing typed data.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.27% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
8.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat8 products
  • krb5< 0:1.8.2-3.el6_0.6
  • krb5-debuginfo< 0:1.8.2-3.el6_0.6
  • krb5-devel< 0:1.8.2-3.el6_0.6
  • krb5-libs< 0:1.8.2-3.el6_0.6
  • krb5-pkinit-openssl< 0:1.8.2-3.el6_0.6
Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.8.3+dfsg-6
Mit1 product
  • kerberos_51.7 | 1.7.1 | 1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.9

3 vendors · 10 products

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