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CVE-2010-0629 Detail

Description

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.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Evaluator Impact

Per: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-003.txt 'AFFECTED SOFTWARE ================= * kadmind in MIT releases krb5-1.5 through krb5-1.6.3.'

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567052 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Mailing List 
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=5998 Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038556.html Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html Mailing List 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023821 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-003.txt Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2031 Mailing List 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:071 Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0343.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510566/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39247 Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0876 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9489 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0629
NVD Published Date:
04/07/2010
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2024
Source:
MITRE