{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0281","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-19T06:47:32.009775887Z","published":"2011-02-10T18:00:55.237Z","upstream":["CVE-2011-0281"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0281"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"krb5","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.3+dfsg-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0281.json"}},{"package":{"name":"krb5","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.3+dfsg-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0281.json"}},{"package":{"name":"krb5","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.3+dfsg-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0281.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}