CVE-2010-0629

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0629
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-07 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUse-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 11.0 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-003.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA39264 - Fedora update for krb5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: krb5-1.6.3-29.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
USN-924-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
MIT Kerberos kadmind 'server_stubs.c' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#5998: use-after-free bugs [CVE-2010-0629] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 krbdev.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
#567052 - kadmind segfault due to unrecognized kadm5 API version - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:071 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Ubuntu update for krb5 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat update for krb5 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2031-1 krb5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List
Kerberos kadmind Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Kerberos kadmind Memory Error Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian update for krb5 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
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