krb5: Assertion failure in GSSAPI SPNEGO mechanism (MITKRB5-SA-2010-002)
Published Mar 25, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.33%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This flaw does not affect MIT krb5 as provided in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.33% (0.03329) | 88.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.33% (0.03329) | 86.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.04% (0.01037) | 75.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 11.18% (0.11179) | 95.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 14.97% (0.14967) | 94.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39023 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839413 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510281/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38904 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0628 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0628
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0628
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39023 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839413 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510281/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38904 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0628 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0628 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0628 |
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