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TI-2006-05907 Aliases CVE-2006-6143GHSA-f6jg-x7x7-48f4

The RPC library in Kerberos 5 1.4 through 1.4.4, and 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in…

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-824Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-824 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The RPC library in Kerberos 5 1.4 through 1.4.4, and 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this library, calls an uninitialized function pointer in freed memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.08123 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.06VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.10VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.06 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6143
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f6jg-x7x7-48f4

References

Patch 3

Advisory 9

Other 5

Sources

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