Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.

Sol Jerome discovered that the Kerberos kadmind service did not correctly free memory. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the kadmind process, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-0629)

It was discovered that Kerberos did not correctly free memory in the GSSAPI library. If a remote attacker were able to manipulate an application using GSSAPI carefully, the service could crash, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 8.10 was not affected.) (CVE-2007-5901, CVE-2007-5971)

It was discovered that Kerberos did not correctly free memory in the GSSAPI and kdb libraries. If a remote attacker were able to manipulate an application using these libraries carefully, the service could crash, leading to a denial of service. (Only Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was affected.) (CVE-2007-5902, CVE-2007-5972).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that Kerberos did not correctly free memory in the GSSAPI and kdb libraries. If a remote attacker were able to manipulate an application using these libraries carefully, the service could crash, leading to a denial of service. (Only Ubuntu 6.06 LTS was affected.) (CVE-2007-5902, CVE-2007-5971, CVE-2007-5972)

Joel Johnson, Brian Almeida, and Shawn Emery discovered that Kerberos did not correctly verify certain packet structures. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to cause the KDC or kadmind services to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-1320, CVE-2010-1321).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in krb5. It's unlikely that those vulnerabilities can actually be exploited. (CVE-2007-5894 / CVE-2007-5902 / CVE-2007-5971 / CVE-2007-5972)

This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in krb5. It's unlikely that those vulnerabilities can actually be exploited. (CVE-2007-5894, CVE-2007-5902, CVE-2007-5971, CVE-2007-5972)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
65123	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : krb5 vulnerabilities (USN-924-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
46688	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 : krb5 vulnerabilities (USN-940-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
29992	SuSE 10 Security Update : Kerberos (ZYPP Patch Number 4852)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
29991	openSUSE 10 Security Update : krb5 (krb5-4851)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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