CVE-2011-0281
EPSS 10.8%Published: 2/10/2011Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0281
Description
The unparse implementation in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.9, when an LDAP backend is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon hang) via a principal name that triggers use of a backslash escape sequence, as demonstrated by a \n sequence.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/krb5from 0, < 1.8.3+dfsg-5