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CVE-2006-6144

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD

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.

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
5.5% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2006-6127)
Published
December 31, 2006
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6127 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • mit / kerberos 5

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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