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CVE-2006-6143 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391	CVE	Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375	CVE	Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376	CVE	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html	CVE	Mailing List
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/31281	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23667	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23696	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23701	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23706	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23772	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23903	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966	CVE	Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017493	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31422	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925	CVE	Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-002-rpc.txt	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481564	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:008	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456406/100/0/threaded	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21970	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-408-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html	CVE	Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470	CVE	Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Mailing List
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/31281	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23667	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23696	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23701	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23706	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23772	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23903	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017493	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31422	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-002-rpc.txt	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481564	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:008	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456406/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21970	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-408-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html	[email protected]	Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470	[email protected]	Broken Link

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-824	Access of Uninitialized Pointer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mit kerberos 5	1.4 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 6.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

15 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 9, 2024	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 10, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]