CVE-2010-0628

Kerberos 5 vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Mit

Affected product

Kerberos 5

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2010-03-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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