CVE-2007-5894

MIT Kerberos 5 - Uninitialized Variable Use in gssftp ftpd reply Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/44333
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012

Scores

EPSS 0.0277
EPSS Percentile 86.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
mit/kerberos_5
Published Dec 06, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026