{"id":"CVE-2010-1321","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-1321","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:42:58.401Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2010-05-19T18:30:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:18:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["mit/kerberos 5","debian/debian linux","canonical/ubuntu linux","oracle/database server","opensuse/opensuse","suse/linux enterprise server","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.06884,"percentile":0.94024,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.88%). 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