TI-2006-05908 Aliases CVE-2006-6144 GHSA-vm45-rfxq-cf44

The "mechglue" abstraction interface of the GSS-API library for Kerberos 5 1.5 through…

LOW 31Published 2007-01-10 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05521 92nd 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5::::::::	1.5 – 1.5.1	Vulnerable	moos-ivp

cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 – 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6144
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vm45-rfxq-cf44

References

Patch 1

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-003-mechglue.txt

Advisory 10

Other 2

TI-2024-17421 Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2001-00539 Buffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2026-29130 NULL pointer dereference in moos-ivp Kerberos 5 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2007-00929 The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2011-00268 The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2001-00245 Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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