CVE-2010-0628
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
The spnego_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in the SPNEGO GSS-API functionality in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 before 1.7.2 and 1.8 before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via an invalid packet that triggers incorrect preparation of an error token.
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
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0659)
- Published
- March 25, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0659 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39023
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2010-002.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839413(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510281/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38904(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-916-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566258
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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