CVE-2006-5989
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the der_get_oid function in mod_auth_kerb 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Kerberos message that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the component array.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.0% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5972)
- Published
- November 20, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5972 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mod auth kerb / mod auth kerb
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23820
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-14.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017348
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1247
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:218
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0746.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21214
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4633
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=136650
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206736
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30456
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10051
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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