CVE-2010-4021

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4021
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-02 16:22:21 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 does not properly restrict the use of TGT credentials for armoring TGS requests, which might allow remote authenticated users to impersonate a client by rewriting an inner request, aka a "KrbFastReq forgery issue."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-16 | CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
MIT Kerberos 5 Key Distribution Center 'KrbFastReq' Forgery Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMSA-2011-0007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-007.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1 Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
VMware KB: VMware ESXi 4.1 Patch ESXi410-201104401-SG: Updates Firmware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com
osvdb.org/69607 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:246 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
MIT Kerberos Checksum Handling Errors May Let Remote or Remote Authenticated Users Forge/Modify Certain Data - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-1030-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[Security-announce] VMSA-2011-0007 VMware ESXi and ESX Denial of Service and third party updates for Likewise components and ESX Service Console af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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