CVE-2006-6144: mit kerberos_5
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-6144 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 5.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 10-01-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.14 pp
From 5.38% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mit1 product
- kerberos_5≥ 1.5, ≤ 1.5.1
1 vendor · 1 product
References
22 links- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102772-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERTBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201294-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERTBroken Link
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEBroken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456409/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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- www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource OPENPKGThird Party Advisory
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-003-mechglue.txtX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory