CVE-2010-0628

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0628
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-25 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

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 Mit Kerberos 5 1.7 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.7.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MIT Kerberos 'gss_accept_sec_context()' Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
566258 – (CVE-2010-0628) CVE-2010-0628 krb5: Assertion failure in GSSAPI SPNEGO mechanism (MITKRB5-SA-2010-002) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for krb5 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-916-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-26Vincent DanenNot vulnerable. This flaw does not affect MIT krb5 as provided in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

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