CVE-2007-1216

MIT krb5 <1.6.1 - RCE

Title source: llm

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".

Scores

EPSS 0.2585
EPSS Percentile 96.2%

Classification

CWE
CWE-415
Status draft

Affected Products (6)

mit/kerberos_5 < 1.6.1
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Apr 06, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026