CVE-2010-1321
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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.88%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.88% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- mit/kerberos 5 · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · oracle/database server · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise server · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427Broken Link
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041615.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041645.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041654.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/64744Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39762Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39784Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39799Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39818Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39849Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40346Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40685Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41967Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42432Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42974Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43335Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44954Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114315Third Party Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-005.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2052Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:100Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2011-194091.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2011-313328.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.