CVE-2006-6144

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/31280
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23690
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23701
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23706
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23903
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35151
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017494
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102772-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201294-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-003-mechglue.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/831452
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456409/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21975
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0112
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31417
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/31280
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23690
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23701
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23706
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23903
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35151
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017494
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102772-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201294-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-003-mechglue.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/831452
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456409/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21975
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0112
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31417
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link

44 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
21.9%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mit