CVE-2006-6144 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GSS-API library's "mechglue" interface, affecting Kerberos 5 versions 1.5 through 1.5.1, including the kadmind daemon. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash affected systems by causing the library to free uninitialized pointers. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability, easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code or significant community discussion available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.5, <= 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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