CVE-2010-0628

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    CVE-2010-0628

    Published: 25 Mar 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/39023, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38904, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839413, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510281/100/0/threaded

    Affected packages

    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