CVE-2010-0628

MIT Kerberos 5 1.7-1.7.1 and 1.8 - Denial of Service via Invalid SPNEGO Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (7)

Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510281/100/0/threaded
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38904
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39023
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839413

Scores

EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 76.3%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
mit/kerberos_5 1.7
mit/kerberos_5 1.7.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.8
Published Mar 25, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026