MEDIUM
krb5: kadmind use-after-free remote crash (MITKRB5-SA-2010-003)
Published Apr 7, 2010
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.47%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in kadmin/server/server_stubs.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a request from a kadmin client that sends an invalid API version number.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 1.5 · ≤ 1.6.3
Configuration 2
- 11
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
OR
- 8.04
- 8.10
- 9.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
krb5-0:1.6.1-36.el5_5.2
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0343
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | krb5-0:1.6.1-36.el5_5.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0343 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.47% 0.05469
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05469
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.47% (0.05469) | 92.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.47% (0.05469) | 91.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02284) | 83.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.97% (0.04969) | 82.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02284) | 83.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00621) | 79.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00621) | 78.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00621) | 76.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00874) | 79.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.53% (0.02528) | 81.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.53% (0.02528) | 80.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.53% (0.02528) | 58.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (23)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567052 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingMailing List
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=5998 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038556.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39264 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39290 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39315 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39324 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39367 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023821 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-003.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2031 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing List
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:071 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0343.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510566/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39247 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0876 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0629 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576011 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0629
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9489 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0629
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 7, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 12, 2010
Link CVE-2010-0629
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a