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krb5: multiple checksum handling vulnerabilities (MITKRB5-SA-2010-007)

Published Dec 2, 2010

Description

MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7.x and 1.8.x through 1.8.3 does not properly determine the acceptability of checksums, which might allow remote attackers to forge GSS tokens, gain privileges, or have unspecified other impact via (1) an unkeyed checksum, (2) an unkeyed PAC checksum, or (3) a KrbFastArmoredReq checksum based on an RC4 key.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue did not affect the versions of krb5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5.

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Weaknesses (1)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 2, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 8, 2010
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Nov 30, 2010