DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0845

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2009-0845
Downstream
DSA-1766-1
Published: 27 Mar 2009, 16:30
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:11

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Mar 2009, 16:30
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:11
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.3, when SPNEGO is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via invalid ContextFlags data in the reqFlags field in a negTokenInit token.

Affected Systems

  • debian•krb5

    < 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13 | < 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13 | < 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13 | < 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13

References (1)