CVE-2010-1321 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-1321

The kg_accept_krb5 function in krb5/accept_sec_context.c in the GSS-API library in...

Vulnerability Description

The kg_accept_krb5 function in krb5/accept_sec_context.c in the GSS-API library in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.7.1 and 1.8 before 1.8.2, as used in kadmind and other applications, does not properly check for invalid GSS-API tokens, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an AP-REQ message in which the authenticator's checksum field is missing.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

kerberos 5, debian linux, ubuntu linux, database server, opensuse, linux enterprise server, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.8, 5.0, 6.0, 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 10, 11, 12, 13

Timeline

Official Publish: May 19th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.