CVE-2006-6144

The "mechglue" abstraction interface of the GSS-API library for Kerberos 5 1.5 through 1.5.1, as...

5.0 Medium

The "mechglue" abstraction interface of the GSS-API library for Kerberos 5 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this library, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that cause mechglue to free uninitialized pointers.

Exploit likelihood

5.52%Up 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2006-6144
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2006-6144
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2006-6127 No score

Record: EUVD-2006-6127
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vm45-rfxq-cf44 No score

The "mechglue" abstraction interface of the GSS-API library for Kerberos 5 1.5 through 1.5.1, as...

Record: GHSA-vm45-rfxq-cf44
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1 No score

krb5-1.19.2-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the krb5-1.19.2-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

mit kerberos 5

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`krb5` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 20 CVEs	before 1.19.2-2.2	1.19.2-2.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-6144 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mit Kerberos 5, published December 31, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.52%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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