Unscored severity · published Dec 31, 2006
CVE-2006-6144
The "mechglue" abstraction interface of the GSS-API library for Kerberos 5 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this…
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CVSS
5.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The "mechglue" abstraction interface of the GSS-API library for Kerberos 5 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this library, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that cause mechglue to free uninitialized pointers.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.5% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
K5
Kerberos 5 · Mit
1.5 through 1.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6144
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6144
Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375
Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/31280
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23690
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23701
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23706
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