CVE-2007-1216

MIT Kerberos 5 < 1.6.1 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via GSS-API Double Free

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

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".

References (35)

Core 35
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25388
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml

Scores

EPSS 0.2585
EPSS Percentile 96.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 5.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.10
debian/debian_linux 3.1
debian/debian_linux 4.0
mit/kerberos_5 < 1.6.1
Published Apr 06, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026