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CVE-2010-0433

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2010-03-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The kssl_keytab_is_available function in ssl/kssl.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8n, when Kerberos is enabled but Kerberos configuration files cannot be opened, does not check a certain return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via SSL cipher negotiation, as demonstrated by a chroot installation of Dovecot or stunnel without Kerberos configuration files inside the chroot.

Affected Platforms

Openssl Openssl

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References