9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2006-6143
Kerberos RPC Library Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The RPC library in Kerberos 5 1.4 through 1.4.4, and 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this library, calls an uninitialized function pointer in freed memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2006, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 9, 2024, 3:26 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6143 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Mit kerberos_5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-6143.

URL Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing List
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/31281 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23667 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23696 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23701 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23706 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23707 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23772 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23903 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017493 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2006-002-rpc.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481564 Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:008 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456406/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21970 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-408-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html Broken Link Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31422 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925 Broken Link

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-6143 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-6143 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 No Types Assigned http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375 No Types Assigned http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2375 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376 No Types Assigned http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2376 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0004.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/31281 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/31281 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23667 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23667 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23696 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23696 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23701 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23701 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23706 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23706 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23707 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23707 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23772 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23772 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23903 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23903 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-21.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017493 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017493 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:008 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:008 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html No Types Assigned http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.006.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456406/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456406/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21970 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21970 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-408-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-408-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009B.html Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0111 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31422 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31422 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-925 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-824
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456406/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456406/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31422 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31422 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6143 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-6143 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

60.94 }} 2.55%

score

0.97668

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability