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    CVE-2010-4020

    MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x through 1.8.3 does not reject RC4 key-derivation checksums, which might allow remote authenticated users to forge a (1) AD-SIGNEDPATH or (2) AD-KDC-ISSUED signature, and possibly gain privileges, by leveraging the small key space that results from certain one-byte stream-cipher operations.

    Published:Nov 30, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 2, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.00489
    CVSS Score:6.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mit
    Product
    Kerberos 5
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2024-37371 (CVSS 9.1) — In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3, an attacker can cause invalid memory reads during GSS message toke…
    CVE-2024-26462 (CVSS 5.5) — Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.…
    CVE-2024-26461 (CVSS 7.5) — Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c.…
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    References

    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051976.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051999.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html
    http://osvdb.org/69608
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42399
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-007.txt
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:246
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0925.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514953/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45117
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024803
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1030-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3094
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3095
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3118
    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051976.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051999.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html
    http://osvdb.org/69608
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42399
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-007.txt
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:246
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0925.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514953/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45117
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024803
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1030-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3094
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3095
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3118

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High