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CVE-2011-0281

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 4.20%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-02-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2011-0281
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
4.20%

Original NVD 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.