CVE-2010-4020

krb5: krb5 may accept authdata checksums with low-entropy derived keys (MITKRB5-SA-2010-007)

Published Dec 2, 2010 CVSS 3.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x through 1.8.3 does not reject RC4 key-derivation checksums, which might allow remote authenticated users to forge a (1) AD-SIGNEDPATH or (2) AD-KDC-ISSUED signature, and possibly gain privileges, by leveraging the small key space that results from certain one-byte stream-cipher operations.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3996 MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.8.x through 1.8.3 does not reject RC4 key-derivation checksums, which might allow remote authenticated users to forge a (1) AD-SIGNEDPATH or (2) AD-KDC-ISSUED signature, and possibly gain privileges, by leveraging the small key space that results from certain one-byte stream-cipher operations.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1030-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:26 AM
Reserved
Oct 20, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 2, 2010, 4:22 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:23 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 30, 2010, 12:00 AM