PT-2006-6650 · Apache+1 · Mod Auth Kerb+1

Kevin Unthank · Published 2006-11-20 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2006-5989

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mod auth kerb version 5.0

Description The issue is caused by an off-by-one error in the der get oid function, which allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in the component array via a crafted Kerberos message, resulting in a denial of service (crash).

Recommendations For mod auth kerb version 5.0, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the off-by-one error in the der get oid function to prevent the heap-based buffer overflow. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5989

DSA-1247-1

RHSA-2006:0746

RHSA-2006_0746

Affected Products

Red Hat

Mod Auth Kerb

References · 19

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-14.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5989 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1247 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:218 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0746.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5989 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4633 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23681 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23251 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5989 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30456 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23023 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017348 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0746 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10051 · Note