CVE-2011-0284
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 8.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 8.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0310)
- Published
- March 20, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0310 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056413.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056573.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056579.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/71183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43783(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43881
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025216
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-003.txt(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943220(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:048
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0356.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517029/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46881
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1088-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0672(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0673(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0680
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0722
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0763
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66101
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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