CVE-2007-1216
Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.88% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- mit/kerberos 5 · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.ascBroken Link
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391Broken Link
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.htmlBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24706Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24735Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24736Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24740Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24750Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24757Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24785Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24786Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24817Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25388Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.