CVE-2010-0629

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.28% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mit.edu Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=5998 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2031 mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0876 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39247 patch vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023821 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39324 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39367 third party advisory broken link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-003.txt patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39290 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038556.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0343.html vendor advisory broken link
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567052 issue tracking mailing list exploit
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9489 vdb entry signature broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39264 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:071 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510566/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39315 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0629?
CVE-2010-0629 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0629?
To fix CVE-2010-0629, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0629 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0629 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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