FKIE_CVE-2010-0628

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-03-25 22:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:16
Severity
Summary
The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in the SPNEGO GSS-API functionality in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 before 1.7.2 and 1.8 before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via an invalid packet that triggers incorrect preparation of an error token.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/39023
cve@mitre.orghttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839413US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510281/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38904Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/39023
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839413US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510281/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38904Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mit kerberos_5 1.7
mit kerberos_5 1.7.1
mit kerberos_5 1.8
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