Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6144
CVE-2006-6144
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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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.5,<=1.5.1
- (no CPE)range: 1.5 through 1.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
22- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-003-mechglue.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23690nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23701nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23706nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23903nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35151nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/831452nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456409/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21975nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0112nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31417nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375nvdBroken Link
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.htmlnvdBroken Link
- osvdb.org/31280nvdBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925nvdBroken Link
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