MIT Kerberos up to 5-1.6.3 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MIT Kerberos up to 5-1.6.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component Kerberos. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0629. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MIT Kerberos up to 5-1.6.3 (Network Authentication Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Kerberos. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a request from a kadmin client that sends an invalid API version number.

The weakness was presented 04/07/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0629. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68029 (Oracle Linux 5 : krb5 (ELSA-2010-0343)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165226 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:009)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68029), SecurityFocus (BID 39247†), Secunia (SA39264†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023821†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25438†). See VDB-52787 and VDB-52481 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 68029
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : krb5 (ELSA-2010-0343)
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OpenVAS ID: 67290
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: krb5
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04/06/2010 +53 days 🔍
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04/18/2010 +11 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +1181 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +615 days 🔍
02/03/2025 +3609 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mit.edu

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0629 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0629
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52623

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SecurityFocus: 39247 - MIT Kerberos kadmind 'server_stubs.c' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 39264
SecurityTracker: 1023821
Vulnerability Center: 25438 - Mit Kerberos 5 1.5 - 1.6.3 Remote Authenticated DoS Vulnerability via Invalid API Version Number, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/03/2025 07:01
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (61), 02/23/2017 10:21 (9), 09/07/2021 10:00 (4), 09/07/2021 10:01 (1), 12/29/2024 04:43 (15), 02/03/2025 07:01 (1)
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