VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-2442
The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during…
HIGH 10.0EPSS 11.4%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 11.38% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-824
- Affected
- mit/kerberos 5 · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.ascBroken Link
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Broken Link
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/36596Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25800Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25801Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25814Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25821Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25841Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25870Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25888Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25894Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25911Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26033Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26228Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40346Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1Broken Link
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.htmlBroken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.