CVE-2006-5989

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5989
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-20 21:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the der_get_oid function in mod_auth_kerb 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Kerberos message that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the component array.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mod Auth Kerb Mod Auth Kerb 5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for mod_auth_kerb - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo update for mod-auth-kerb - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - mod_auth_kerb Off-by-one Overflow Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1247-1 libapache-mod-auth-kerb af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
206736 – CVE-2006-5989 mod_auth_kerb segfaults when talking to newest KRB5 libs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Mod_auth_kerb: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Debian update for libapache-mod-auth-kerb - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Apache Mod_Auth_Kerb Off-By-One Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
mod_auth_kerb "der_get_oid()" Off-By-One Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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