# 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 (kad

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-01-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31417
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102772-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201294-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23690
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017494
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23706
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456409/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23903
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-003-mechglue.txt
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0112
- http://osvdb.org/31280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35151
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21975
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/831452
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23701

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