CVE-2010-0628 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in MIT Kerberos 5 by sending an invalid packet that triggers an assertion failure and daemon crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0628?
CVE-2010-0628 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 25 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0628?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mit Kerberos 5.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0628?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0628 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0628 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0628, GHSA-fv95-xjj6-g8qc.